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89947 

Vol. 89, No. 220 

Thursday, November 14, 2024 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Recompete Pilot Program 

Implementation Data Collection 

Instrument 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments via 

email to Sathiyan Sivakumaran, 

Program Manager and Analyst, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, at 

ssivakumaran@doc.gov or 

PRAcomments@doc.gov. Do not submit 

Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Sathiyan 

Sivakumaran, Program Manager and 

Analyst, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230 at 

ssivakumaran@doc.gov or 202.738.0420. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Economic Development 

Administration (EDA) leads the Federal 

economic development agenda by 

promoting innovation and 

competitiveness and preparing 

American regions for growth and 

success in the worldwide economy. 

Guided by the basic principle that 

sustainable economic development 

should be driven locally, EDA works 

directly with communities and regions 

to help them build the capacity for 

economic development based on local 

business conditions and needs. Section 

29 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 

Innovation Act of 1980 (Distressed Area 

Recompete Pilot Program (15 U.S.C. 

3722b) is the legal authority under 

which EDA awards financial assistance 

and designee status under the Fiscal 

Year (FY) 23 Distressed Area Recompete 

Pilot Program (‘‘Recompete’’). Under 

Recompete, EDA seeks to address deep 

economic distress across the U.S. 

through place-based investments in 

communities where the prime-age (25– 

54 years old) employment rate 

significantly trails the national average. 

Recompete is a two-phase program. In 

Phase 1, EDA funded 24 strategy 

development grants, which were 

approximately $500,000 each. 

Additionally, 22 communities were 

selected as Recompete Finalists, 

signifying their eligibility to apply for 

implementation funding in Phase 2 of 

the competition. In Phase 2, EDA 

selected 6 of the 22 Finalists 

(‘‘Recompete Awardees’’) to receive 

implementation funding which ranged 

from $20 million–$40 million per 

community. Further information on 

Recompete can be found at 

www.eda.gov. 

The purpose of this notice is to seek 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on a request for a new 

information collection for six Phase 2 

Awardees to help ensure that 

Recompete investments are evidencebased, data-driven, and accountable to 

participants and the public. 

Lead coalition members of the six 

Recompete Awardees will submit 

identified program metrics and 

qualitative information to help assess 

specific program objectives. A recurring 

questionnaire will be sent to each of the 

Recompete coalition leads every six 

months for a total of five years to gather 

the relevant data and stories from each 

of six Recompete Awardees, resulting in 

community impact evaluation, 

resources, and tools for place-based 

economic development decisionmakers. 

The six Recompete Awardees will 

provide information on the following 

areas related to Recompete objectives: 

(1) Employment among prime-age 

individuals who interact with 

Recompete programming, which may 

include information on success stories, 

employment, and wage outcomes for 

participants in EDA-funded activities. 

(2) Economic distress in Recompete 

service areas, which may include 

information on success stories, changes 

in local employment rates, changes in 

local income and wage rates, and other 

place-based metrics. 

(3) Effectiveness of workforce 

development programming, which may 

include information on enrollment, 

completion, placement, retention, and 

attrition for individuals participating in 

EDA-funded activities, in addition to 

the examples of outcomes metrics in 

objective #1. 

(4) Effectiveness of entrepreneurship 

and small business supports, which may 

include information on enrollment, 

completion, business launch, and 

business success for entrepreneurs and 

small/mid-size enterprises participating 

in EDA-funded activities, as well as 

their impact on local employment. 

(5) Local economic development 

capacity, which may include assessing 

relationships with Federal, State, and 

local entities, current partnerships, and 

information about sources of capital and 

commitments to continue to ensure 

economic well-being in the Recompete 

community. 

Recompete Awardees must submit 

data on a semi-annual basis (i.e., every 

six months) for five years to provide an 

update on the status of the coalition’s 

efforts and to help assess the results of 

receiving Phase 2 Recompete funding. 

EDA is particularly interested in 

public comment on how the proposed 

data collection will support the 

assessment of job quality, including in 

ways that rely on pairing this 

information with administrative data for 

analysis and other ways to minimize 

burden, or if alternative information 

should be considered. 


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89948 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 220 / Thursday, November 14, 2024 / Notices 

1See Regulations to Improve Administration and 

Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300, 52316 (September 20, 

2021) (Final Rule) (‘‘It is our expectation that the 

Federal Register list will include, where 

appropriate, for each scope application the 

following data: (1) identification of the AD and/or 

CVD orders at issue; (2) a concise public summary 

of the product’s description, including the physical 

characteristics (including chemical, dimensional 

and technical characteristics) of the product; (3) the 

country(ies) where the product is produced and the 

country from where the product is exported; (4) the 

full name of the applicant; and (5) the date that the 

scope application was filed with Commerce.’’) 

2The products are wooden window shade slats. 

Each slat is cut from a kiln dried wood picket made 

of Paulownia Tomentosa, which is a rough piece of 

wood, not decorative, of poor quality, and more 

akin to scrap. The products range in size from 35′′ 

x 7⁄8′′ x 1⁄4′′; to 119′′ x 11⁄4′′ x 1⁄4′′. 

3The products are powdered sugar made entirely 

from U.S.-origin refined sugar that is combined 

with cornstarch. The powdered sugar is comprised 

of 96–98% U.S.-origin refined sugar by dry weight 

and 2–4% U.S.- or Mexican-origin corn starch. The 

powdered sugar has a sucrose content of between 

96–98% and a moisture or humidity content of 

maximum 0.5%. 

II. Method of Collection

Data will be collected electronically.

III. Data

OMB Control Number: This is a new

information collection. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Phase 2 Recompete 

Awardees, which may include: A unit of 

local government; the District of 

Columbia; a territory of the United 

States; a Tribal government; political 

subdivision of a State or other entity, 

including a special-purpose entity 

engaged in economic development 

activities; a public entity or nonprofit 

organization, acting in cooperation with 

the officials of a political subdivision of 

a State or other entity; an economic 

development district (as defined in 

section 3122 of title 42); and a 

consortium of any of the specified 

entities described in this paragraph 

which serve or are contained within the 

same eligible area. 

Preliminary Estimated Number of 

Respondents: Six teams comprised of 13 

unique entities, responding every six 

months for five years. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 104 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $6,452.16 (cost assumes 

application of U.S. Bureau of Labor 

Statistics second quarter 2022 mean 

hourly employer costs for employee 

compensation for professional and 

related occupations of $62.04). 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory 

for Recompete Awardees. 

Legal Authority: Stevenson Wydler 

Technology Innovation Act of 1980, 

section 29 (15 U.S.C. 3722b). 

IV. Request for Comments

We are soliciting public comments to

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Notice of Scope Ruling Applications 

Filed in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) received scope 

ruling applications, requesting that 

scope inquiries be conducted to 

determine whether identified products 

are covered by the scope of antidumping 

duty (AD) and/or countervailing duty 

(CVD) orders and that Commerce issue 

scope rulings pursuant to those 

inquiries. In accordance with 

Commerce’s regulations, we are 

notifying the public of the filing of the 

scope ruling applications listed below 

in the month of September 2024. 

DATES: Applicable November 14, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terri Monroe, AD/CVD Operations, 

Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 

(202) 482–1384.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Scope Ruling Applications 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.225(d)(3), we are notifying the 

public of the following scope ruling 

applications related to AD and CVD 

orders and findings filed in or around 

the month of September 2024. This 

notification includes, for each scope 

application: (1) identification of the AD 

and/or CVD orders at issue (19 CFR 

351.225(c)(1)); (2) concise public 

descriptions of the products at issue, 

including the physical characteristics 

(including chemical, dimensional and 

technical characteristics) of the products 

(19 CFR 351.225(c)(2)(ii)); (3) the 

countries where the products are 

produced and the countries from where 

the products are exported (19 CFR 

351.225(c)(2)(i)(B)); (4) the full names of 

the applicants; and (5) the dates that the 

scope applications were filed with 

Commerce and the name of the ACCESS 

scope segment where the scope 

applications can be found.1 This notice 

does not include applications which 

have been rejected and not properly 

resubmitted. The scope ruling 

applications listed below are available 

on Commerce’s online e-filing and 

document management system, 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), at 

https://access.trade.gov. 

Scope Ruling Applications 

Wood Mouldings and Millwork 

Products from the People’s Republic of 

China (China) (A–570–117/C–570–118); 

Wooden Window Shade Slats (Wooden 

Slats); 2 produced in and exported from 

China; submitted by Ralph Friedland & 

Brother, Inc.; September 11, 2024; 

ACCESS scope segment ‘‘Window 

Shade Slats.’’ 

Sugar from Mexico (A–201–845/C– 

201–846); Re-Packaged Powdered Sugar 

(Sugar); 3 produced in and exported 

from Mexico; submitted by DBA Batory 

Foods and Rafi Industries, Inc. DBA 

Chicago Sweeteners (Batory and Rafi); 

September 11, 2024; ACCESS scope 


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