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Garden’’). 87 FR 63527–28 (Oct. 19, 

2022). The Commission determined to 

investigate alleged violations of section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, based upon 

the importation into the United States, 

and in the sale of, certain raised garden 

beds and components thereof by reason 

of misappropriation of trade secrets and 

unfair competition, the threat or effect 

of which is to destroy or substantially 

injure a domestic industry. 

On March 21, 2024, the Commission 

issued a final determination finding a 

violation of section 337 based on trade 

secret misappropriation and false 

advertising. 89 FR 21270–71 (Mar. 27, 

2024). The Commission determined to 

issue a limited exclusion order (‘‘LEO’’) 

directed to respondents Huizhou Green 

Giant Technology Co., Ltd. (‘‘Green 

Giant’’) of Guangdong, China and 

Utopban Limited (‘‘Utopban’’) of Hong 

Kong, and a cease and desist order 

(‘‘CDO’’) directed to Utopban. 

The Commission instituted an 

enforcement proceeding in this 

investigation on June 26, 2024, based 

upon a complaint filed by Vego 

Innovations, Inc. f/k/a Vego Garden 

(‘‘Vego’’). 89 FR 53443–44 (June 26, 

2024). The complaint alleges that Green 

Giant and Utopban have continued to 

import, sell, offer for sale, market, 

advertise, distribute, transfer, and/or 

solicit agents or distributors for 

products in violation of the LEO and 

CDO. Id. Green Giant and Utopban were 

named as respondents in the 

enforcement proceeding, and the Office 

of Unfair Import Investigations (‘‘OUII’’) 

was also named as a party. Comm’n 

Order (June 20, 2024). 

On October 3, 2024, Vego, Green 

Giant, and Utopban filed a joint motion 

for termination of the enforcement 

proceeding based on a settlement 

agreement. On October 11, 2024, OUII 

filed a response in support of the 

motion. On October 17, 2024, the ALJ 

issued the subject ID granting the joint 

motion for termination, attaching 

confidential and public versions of the 

settlement agreement. The ALJ found 

that the motion complied with the 

requirements of Commission Rule 

210.21(b)(1) (19 CFR 210.21(b)(1)). ID at 

1–3. The ALJ also found that 

termination ‘‘would not adversely affect 

the public interest.’’ Id. at 3. No 

petitions for review of the subject ID 

were filed. 

The Commission has determined not 

to review the subject ID. The 

enforcement proceeding is hereby 

terminated. 

The Commission vote for this 

determination took place on November 

13, 2024. 

The authority for the Commission’s 

determination is contained in section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in Part 

210 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part 

210). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: November 14, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26926 Filed 11–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1675–1678 

(Final)] 

Dioctyl Terephthalate (DOTP) From 

Malaysia, Poland, Taiwan, and Turkey; 

Scheduling of the Final Phase of 

Antidumping Duty Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of the final 

phase of antidumping investigation Nos. 

731–TA–1675–1678 (Final) pursuant to 

the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to 

determine whether 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 dioctyl 

terephthalate (DOTP) from Malaysia, 

Poland, Taiwan, and Turkey, provided 

for in subheadings 2917.39.70 or 

3812.20.10 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States, 

preliminarily determined by the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’) 

to be sold at less-than-fair-value. 

DATES: November 5, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jesse Sanchez ((202) 205–2402), 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: 

Scope.—For purposes of this 

investigation, Commerce has defined 

the subject merchandise as (DOTP), 

regardless of form. DOTP that has been 

blended with other products is included 

within this scope when such blends 

include constituent parts that have not 

been chemically reacted with each other 

to produce a different product. For such 

blends, only the DOTP component of 

the mixture is covered by the scope of 

the investigations. 

DOTP that is otherwise subject to this 

investigation is not excluded when 

commingled with DOTP from sources 

not subject to this investigation. 

Commingled refers to the mixing of 

subject and non-subject DOTP. Only the 

subject component of such commingled 

products is covered by the scope of this 

investigation. 

DOTP has the general chemical 

formulation of C6 H4 (C8 H17 COO)2 and 

a chemical name of ‘‘bis (2-ethylhexyl) 

terephthalate’’ and has a Chemical 

Abstract Service (CAS) registry number 

of 6422–86–2. Regardless of the label, 

all DOTP is covered by this 

investigation. 

Background.—The final phase of 

these investigations is being scheduled, 

pursuant to section 735(b) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)), as a 

result of affirmative preliminary 

determinations by Commerce that 

imports of DOTP from Malaysia, Poland, 

Taiwan, and Turkey are being sold in 

the United States at less than fair value 

within the meaning of § 733 of the Act 

(19 U.S.C. 1673b). The investigations 

were requested in a petition filed on 

March 26, 2024, by Eastman Chemical 

Company Kingsport, Tennessee. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of this phase of the 

investigations, hearing procedures, 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 C (19 CFR part 207). 

Participation in the investigations and 

public service list.—Persons, including 

industrial users of the subject 

merchandise and, if the merchandise is 

sold at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations, wishing to 

participate in the final phase of these 

investigations as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

§ 201.11 of the Commission’s rules, no 

later than 21 days prior to the hearing 

date specified in this notice. A party 

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the preliminary phase of the 

investigations need not file an 

additional notice of appearance during 

this final phase. The Secretary will 

maintain a public service list containing 

the names and addresses of all persons, 

or their representatives, who are parties 

to the investigations. 

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. 

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 the 

final phase of these investigations 

available to authorized applicants under 

the APO issued in the investigations, 

provided that the application is made 

no later than 21 days prior to the 

hearing date specified in this notice. 

Authorized applicants must represent 

interested parties, as defined by 19 

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

investigations. A party granted access to 

BPI in the preliminary phase of the 

investigations need not reapply for such 

access. A separate service list will be 

maintained by the Secretary for those 

parties authorized to receive BPI under 

the APO. 

Staff report.—The prehearing staff 

report in the final phase of these 

investigations will be placed in the 

nonpublic record on March 11, 2025, 

and a public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to § 207.22 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Hearing.—The Commission will hold 

a hearing in connection with the final 

phase of these investigations beginning 

at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 

2025. Requests to appear at the hearing 

should be filed in writing with the 

Secretary to the Commission on or 

before Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Any 

requests to appear as a witness via 

videoconference must be included with 

your request to appear. Requests to 

appear via videoconference must 

include a statement explaining why the 

witness cannot appear in person; the 

Chairman, or other person designated to 

conduct the investigation, may in their 

discretion for good cause shown, grant 

such a request. Requests to appear as 

remote witness due to illness or a 

positive COVID–19 test result may be 

submitted by 3pm the business day 

prior to the hearing. Further information 

about participation in the hearing will 

be posted on the Commission’s website 

at https://www.usitc.gov/calendarpad/ 

calendar.html. 

A nonparty who has testimony that 

may aid the Commission’s deliberations 

may request permission to present a 

short statement at the hearing. All 

parties and nonparties desiring to 

appear at the hearing and make oral 

presentations should attend a 

prehearing conference, if deemed 

necessary, to be held at 9:30 a.m. on 

Friday, March 21, 2025. Parties shall file 

and serve written testimony and 

presentation slides in connection with 

their presentation at the hearing by no 

later than noon on March 24, 2025. Oral 

testimony and written materials to be 

submitted at the public hearing are 

governed by sections 201.6(b)(2), 

201.13(f), and 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules. Parties must submit 

any request to present a portion of their 

hearing testimony in camera no later 

than 7 business days prior to the date of 

the hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each party 

who is an interested party shall submit 

a prehearing brief to the Commission. 

Prehearing briefs must conform with the 

provisions of § 207.23 of the 

Commission’s rules; the deadline for 

filing is March 18, 2025. Parties shall 

also file written testimony in connection 

with their presentation at the hearing, 

and posthearing briefs, which must 

conform with the provisions of section 

207.25 of the Commission’s rules. The 

deadline for filing posthearing briefs is 

April 1, 2025. In addition, any person 

who has not entered an appearance as 

a party to the investigations may submit 

a written statement of information 

pertinent to the subject of the 

investigations, including statements of 

support or opposition to the petition, on 

or before April 1, 2025. On April 16, 

2025, the Commission will make 

available to parties all information on 

which they have not had an opportunity 

to comment. Parties may submit final 

comments on this information on or 

before April 18, 2025, but such final 

comments must not contain new factual 

information and must otherwise comply 

with § 207.30 of the Commission’s rules. 

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. 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to § 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, shall not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with §§ 201.16(c) and 

207.3 of the Commission’s 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. 

Authority: These investigations are 

being conducted under authority of title 

VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice 

is published pursuant to § 207.21 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: November 13, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26884 Filed 11–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1365] 

Certain Photovoltaic Connectors and 

Components Thereof; Notice of a 

Commission Determination To Review 

in Part a Final Initial Determination; 

Request for Written Submissions on 

the Issues Under Review and on 

Remedy, the Public Interest, and 

Bonding; Extension of Target Date 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined to review 

in part a final initial determination 

(‘‘FID’’) issued by the presiding 

administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’). The 

Commission requests written 

submissions from the parties on the 

issues under review and submissions 

from the parties, interested government 

agencies, and other interested persons 

on the issues of remedy, the public 

interest, and bonding, under the 

schedule set forth below. 

DATES: The Commission has determined 

to extend the target date for this 

investigation to January 15, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Lall, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. 


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