Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 58 / Thursday, March 26, 2015 / Notices 15987 

1See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires from the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value; Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances; In Part and 

Postponement of Final Determination, 80 FR 4250 

(January 27, 2015) (Preliminary Determination). 

2Sailun Group Co. and its affiliates, Sailun Tire 

International Corp., Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., 

Ltd., Jinyu International Holding Co., Limited, 

Seatex International Inc., Dynamic Tire Corp., 

Husky Tire Corp., Seatex PTE. Ltd. (collectively, the 

Sailun Group). 

3 Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd., and its 

affiliates, Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd., Giti 

Tire (USA) Ltd., Giti Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd., 

Giti Tire (Fujian) Company Ltd., Giti Tire (Hualin) 

Company Ltd. (collectively, GITI). 

4See Sailun Group’s and GITI’s February 2, 2015 

letters. 

5See Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd. (Anchi)’s 

January 28, 2015 letter, Guangzhou Wanli Tire 

Trading Co., Ltd. (Wanli)’s January 28, 2015 letter, 

Highpoint Trading, Ltd. and Federal Tire (Jiangxi), 

Ltd. (collectively, Federal)’s January 28, 2015 letter, 

Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd. (Changfeng)’s 

January 30, 2015 letter, Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Corp. 

Ltd. (Fullrun)’s January 30, 2015 letter, Qingdao 

Fuyingxiang Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. (Fuyingxiang)’s 

January 31, 2015 letter, Zhejiang Qingda Rubber 

Co., Ltd. (Qingda)’s January 31, 2015 letter, Qingdao 

Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd. (Doublestar) and 

Doublestar-Dongfeng Tyre Co., Ltd. (DoublestarDongfeng)’s January 31, 2015 letter, and Beijing 

Capital Tire Co., Ltd. (Beijing Capital)’s February 4, 

2015 letter. 

6See Qingdao Jinhaoyang International Co, Ltd. 

(Jinhaoyang)’s February 4, 2015 letter. 

7See Petitioner’s February 10, 2015 letter. 

8See GITI’s January 26, 2015 letter, Qingdao 

Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd. (Doublestar)’s 

and Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited (Tyrechamp)’s 

January 23, 2015 letter, and Crown International 

Corporation (CIC)’s January 26, 2015 letter. 

9Petitioner is United Steel, Paper, and Forestry, 

Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial 

and Service Workers International Union, AFL– 

CIO, CLC. See Petitioner’s February 10, 2015 

comments. 

10See Sailun Group’s February 11, 2015 letter. 

environmental reviews for the RMPs 

that were revised since the 2004 RMPs 

were submitted to NMFS. For example, 

on December 10, 2012, NMFS 

completed a final Environmental 

Assessment (EA) and finding of no 

significant impact (FONSI) for five 

Elwha salmon and steelhead hatchery 

programs. Subsequently, on December 

15, 2014, a final supplemental EA and 

FONSI for Elwha hatchery programs 

was published. In addition, in February, 

NMFS published a notice of availability 

for a draft EA for three salmon hatchery 

programs in the Dungeness River 

watershed (80 FR 9260, February 20, 

2015). 

Public comments on the draft EIS for 

Puget Sound hatchery programs noted 

that the 2004 RMPs for hatchery 

programs do not accurately reflect 

current hatchery program purposes or 

practices, and that some of the 

information used was outdated. It was 

also noted that the scale of the review, 

incorporating more than a hundred 

hatchery programs, tended to mask 

effects for some species. 

Therefore, considering ongoing 

submissions of revised watershedspecific joint RMPs within the action 

area of the 2004 RMPs and public 

comments received on the draft EIS, 

NMFS has determined it is appropriate 

to terminate the EIS and transition this 

effort into new NEPA reviews on 

revised hatchery RMPs that are jointly 

submitted to NMFS by the co-managers. 

NMFS does not plan to formally 

respond to public comments on the 

draft EIS; however, information in the 

terminated draft EIS, along with public 

comments received on the draft EIS, 

will be considered by NMFS in 

subsequent NEPA reviews of watershedspecific RMPs. 

Authority 

We provide this notice in accordance 

with the requirements of NEPA as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) and its 

implementing regulations (40 CFR 

1506.6), and other appropriate Federal 

laws and regulations, and policies and 

procedures of NMFS for compliance 

with those regulations. 

Dated: March 23, 2015. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06926 Filed 3–25–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–016] 

Antidumping Duty Investigation of 

Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires From the People’s 

Republic of China: Amended 

Affirmative Preliminary Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Department) is amending the 

preliminarily determination of the 

antidumping duty (AD) investigation of 

certain passenger vehicle and light truck 

tires (passenger tires) from the People’s 

Republic of China (PRC) to correct 

significant ministerial errors. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 26, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni 

Page, Jun Jack Zhao, or Lingjun Wang, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–1398, (202) 482–1396, or (202) 482– 

2316, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 27, 2015, the Department 

published its affirmative preliminary 

determination that passenger tires from 

the PRC are being, or are likely to be, 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value, as provided by section 733 of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act).1 The Department disclosed the 

calculations performed on January 26, 

2015, and set a February 2, 2015 

deadline for submitting comments 

concerning ministerial errors. 

The Sailun Group 2 and GITI 3 each 

timely filed comments alleging 

significant ministerial errors.4 In 

addition, Anchi, Wanli, Federal, 

Changfeng, Fullrun, Fuyingxiang, 

Qingda, Doublestar and DoublestarDongfeng, and Beijing Capital each 

timely filed comments regarding the 

Department’s preliminary separate rate 

determinations.5 Jinhaoyang requested 

the Department to accept its 

supplemental documentation for the 

Separate Rate Application 6 which was 

opposed by the Petitioner.7 Further, 

GITI, Doublestar and Tyrechamp, and 

CIC timely filed requests for correcting 

misspelled names.8 Petitioner filed 

rebuttal comments and ministerial error 

comments on February 10, 2015.9 The 

Sailun Group, in-turn, requested that 

the Department reject Petitioner’s 

rebuttal comments.10

Scope of the Investigation 

For a full description of the scope of 

this investigation, see ‘‘Scope of 

Investigation’’ at Appendix I of the 

Preliminary Determination. 

Analysis of Significant Ministerial 

Error Allegations 

The Department will analyze any 

comments received and, if appropriate, 

correct any significant ministerial error 

by amending the preliminary 

determination according to 19 CFR 

351.224(e). A ministerial error is 

defined in 19 CFR 351.224(f) as ‘‘an 

error in addition, subtraction, or other 

arithmetic function, clerical error 

resulting from inaccurate copying, 

duplication, or the like, and any other 

similar type of unintentional error 

which the Secretary considers 

ministerial.’’ Further, a significant 

ministerial error is defined in 19 CFR 

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11See Memorandum to The File, ‘‘Certain 

Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 

People’s Republic of China: Amended Separate Rate 

Calculation Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently 

with this notice, for the calculation performed. 

12See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 

‘‘Ministerial Error Memorandum for the Affirmative 

Preliminary Determination of the Antidumping 

Duty Investigation of Certain Passenger Vehicle and 

Light Truck Tires From the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated concurrently with this notice, for the 

analysis performed (Ministerial Error 

Memorandum). This memorandum 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 http://access.

trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the 

Department’s Central Records Unit in Room 7046 of 

the Department of Commerce building. 

351.224(g) as a ministerial error, the 

correction of which, singly or in 

combination with other errors, would 

result in: (1) A change of at least five 

absolute percentage points in, but not 

less than 25 percent of, the weightedaverage dumping margin calculated in 

the original (erroneous) preliminary 

determination; or (2) a difference 

between a weighted-average dumping 

margin of zero (or de minimis) and a 

weighted-average dumping margin of 

greater than de minimis, or vice versa. 

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e) 

and (g)(1), the Department is amending 

the Preliminary Determination to reflect 

the corrections of a significant 

ministerial error in Sailun Group’s 

margin calculation. However, the 

Department is not amending GITI’s 

margin calculation because GITI’s 

ministerial errors are not significant in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(g)(1). 

As a result of amending Sailun Group’s 

margin, the Department also revised the 

margin for separate rate companies.11

Further, the Department has corrected 

names for GITI, Doublestar and 

Tyrechamp, and CIC. 

Ministerial Error Allegations 

For a complete analysis of the 

ministerial error allegations, see the 

Ministerial Error Memorandum.12

Correction 

In the Federal Register notice for the 

Preliminary Determination, we 

incorrectly identified the following 

exporter-producer combinations: (1) 

Exporter and producer Giti Radial Tire 

(Anhui) Company Ltd. was misidentified as ‘‘Giti Tire (Anhui) 

Company Ltd.’’; (2) two of exporter 

Crown International Corporation’s 

producers, Shandong Yongsheng Rubber 

Group Co., Ltd. and Qingdao Doublestar 

Tire Industrial Co., Ltd, were incorrectly 

listed as ‘‘Shandong Yonshong Rubber 

Group Co. Ltd.’’ and ‘‘Qingdao 

Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd’’; and 

3) exporter Tyrechamp Group Co., 

Limited and one of its producers, 

Qingdao Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., 

Ltd., were listed as ‘‘Tyrechamp Group 

Co., Ltd.’’ and ‘‘Qingdao Doublestar 

Tyre Industrial Co., Ltd.’’ We are 

correcting these exporter-producer 

combinations, as listed below, and will 

revise the cash deposit instructions that 

were issued to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection for the preliminary 

determination accordingly. 

Amended Preliminary Determination 

We corrected the preliminary 

dumping margin for the Sailun Group. 

Consequently, we amended the 

preliminary separate rate for the 

exporter-producer combinations listed 

below. Further, we corrected 

companies’ names as requested. 

Exporter(s) Producer(s) 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

percent) 

Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd., Giti Tire (USA) Ltd., Giti Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd., Giti Tire (Fujian) Company 

Ltd., Giti Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd., (Collectively, GITI).

Giti Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd., Giti Tire (Fujian) Company Ltd., Giti Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd.19.17 

Sailun Group Co., Ltd., Sailun Tire International Corp., 

Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd., Jinyu International Holding Co., Limited, Seatex International Inc., Dynamic Tire 

Corp., Husky Tire Corp., Seatex PTE. Ltd., (Collectively, 

Sailun Group).

Sailun Group Co., Ltd., Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd ....... 18.58 

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company .................................................. Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd., Cooper 

(Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd .............................. Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd ............................ 18.99 

Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd ................................................... Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd .................................................. 18.99 

Best Choice International Trade Co., Limited ............................... Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire Co., 

Ltd., Beijing Capital Tire Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co., Ltd .................................................. Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co., Ltd ................................................. 18.99 

Bridgestone Corporation ............................................................... Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co., Ltd ................................................. 18.99 

Cheng Shin Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd ................................ Cheng Shin Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd., Cheng Shin Tire 

& Rubber (Chongqing) Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Crown International Corporation ................................................... Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd., Shandong 

Haohua Tire Co., Ltd., Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd., 

Doublestar-Dongfeng Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Yongsheng 

Rubber Group Co., Ltd., Shengtai Group Co., Ltd., Qingdao 

Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd., Shandong Yongtai 

Chemical Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Goodyear Dalian Tire Company Limited ...................................... Goodyear Dalian Tire Company Limited ..................................... 18.99 

Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Ltd ..................................... Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Ltd .................................... 18.99 

Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd ........................................................ Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd ....................................................... 18.99 

Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd ...................................................... Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd .................................................... 18.99 

Hong Kong Tiancheng Investment & Trading Co., Limited .......... Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................... 18.99 

Hong Kong Tri-Ace Tire Co., Limited ........................................... Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd., Doublestar-Dongfeng 

Tyre Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Hwa Fong Rubber (Hong Kong) Ltd ............................................. Hwa Fong Rubber (Suzhou) Co., Ltd .......................................... 18.99 

Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd ..................................................... Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd .................................................... 18.99 

Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd .................................................... Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd ................................................... 18.99 

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Exporter(s) Producer(s) 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

percent) 

Kumho Tire Co., Inc ...................................................................... Kumho Tire (Tianjin) Co., Inc., Nanjing Kumho Tire Co., Ltd., 

Kumho Tire (Changchun) Co., Inc.

18.99 

Liaoning Permanent Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................ Liaoning Permanent Tyre Co., Ltd .............................................. 18.99 

Longkou Xinglong Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................... Longkou Xinglong Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................. 18.99 

Mayrun Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited ............................................... South China Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire 

Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial 

Co., Ltd.

Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial 

Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd ....................................................................... Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd ...................................................................... 18.99 

Qingdao Nama Industrial Co., Ltd ................................................ Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd., Shandong 

Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong Longyue 

Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd., 

Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Yonking Rubber Co., Ltd., 

Shandong Hongsheng Rubber Technology Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Qingdao Au-Shine Group Co., Limited ......................................... Shandong Gulun Rubber Co., Ltd ............................................... 18.99 

Qingdao Crown Chemical Co., Ltd ............................................... Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd., Shandong 

Haohua Tire Co., Ltd., Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd., 

Doublestar-Dongfeng Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Yongsheng 

Rubber Group Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full-World International Trading Co., 

Ltd.

Shandong Zhentai Group Co., Ltd., Longkou Xinglong Tyre 

Co., Ltd., Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd .......................................... Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd ........................................ 18.99 

Qingdao Honghua Tyre Factory ................................................... Qingdao Honghua Tyre Factory .................................................. 18.99 

Qingdao Nexen Tire Corporation .................................................. Qingdao Nexen Tire Corporation ................................................ 18.99 

Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................... Doublestar-Dongfeng Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Fengyuan Tire 

Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................. Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................ 18.99 

Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd ...................................................... Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................... 18.99 

Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd ................................................. Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd ................................................ 18.99 

Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd ...................................................... Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd .................................................... 18.99 

Shandong Duratti Rubber Corporation Co., Ltd ........................... Shandong Duratti Rubber Corporation Co., Ltd .......................... 18.99 

Shandong Fengyuan Tire Manufacturing Co., Ltd ....................... Shandong Fengyuan Tire Manufacturing Co., Ltd ...................... 18.99 

Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd .............................. Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd ............................. 18.99 

Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd ................................................... Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd ................................................. 18.99 

Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire Co., Ltd ..................................... Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire Co., Ltd .................................... 18.99 

Shandong Hawk International Rubber Industry Co., Ltd .............. Shandong Hawk International Rubber Industry Co., Ltd ............ 18.99 

Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd ..................... Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd .................... 18.99 

Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................. Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................... 18.99 

Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd ............................................ Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd ........................................... 18.99 

Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd ........................................ Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd ...................................... 18.99 

Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd ................. Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd ................ 18.99 

Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd ..................................... Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd ................................... 18.99 

Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd .......................................... Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd ......................................... 18.99 

Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd .......................................... Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd ......................................... 18.99 

Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd ............................................. Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd ............................................ 18.99 

Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................. Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd., Laiwu Sunshine Tyre Co., 

Ltd.

18.99 

Shengtai Group Co., Ltd ............................................................... Shengtai Group Co., Ltd., Shandong Shengshitailai Rubber 

Technology Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Shifeng Juxing Tire Co., Ltd ......................................................... Shifeng Juxing Tire Co., Ltd ........................................................ 18.99 

Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................... Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd .............................................. 18.99 

Southeast Mariner International Co., Ltd ...................................... Dongying Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire 

Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Techking Tires Limited .................................................................. Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd ........................................... 18.99 

Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd ................................................ Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd .............................................. 18.99 

Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................................... Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................................. 18.99 

Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited ..................................................... Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd., Sichuan Tyre&Rubber Co., 

Ltd., Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd., Beijing Capital Tire 

Co. Ltd., Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong 

Wosen Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Zhentai Group Co., Ltd., 

Shandong Yonking Rubber Co., Ltd., Qingdao Doublestar 

Tire Industrial Co., Ltd., South China Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd., 

Anhui Heding Tire Technology Co., Ltd.

18.99 

Weihai Ping’an Tyre Co., Ltd ........................................................ Weihai Ping’an Tyre Co., Ltd ...................................................... 18.99 

Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd ................................................ Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd .............................................. 18.99 

Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................. Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................. 18.99 

Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd ..................................................................... Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group Rubber Co. Ltd ................ 18.99 

Zenith Holdings (HK) Limited ........................................................ Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................... 18.99 

Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd .......................................................... Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd ......................................................... 18.99 

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Amended Cash Deposits and 

Suspension of Liquidation 

The collection of cash deposits and 

suspension of liquidation will be 

revised according to the rates calculated 

in this amended preliminary 

determination. Because the amended 

rates for the Sailun Group and separate 

rate companies results in reduced cash 

deposits, the rate for Sailun Group will 

be effective retroactively to January 27, 

2015, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination, and the rate 

for separate rate companies will be 

effective retroactively to October 29, 

2014, which is 90 days before the date 

of publication of the Preliminary 

Determination. Parties will be notified 

of this determination, in accordance 

with sections 733(d) and (f) of the Act. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, we notified the International 

Trade Commission of our amended 

preliminary determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

The Department intends to disclose 

calculations performed in connection 

with this amended preliminary 

determination within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

This amended preliminary 

determination is issued and published 

in accordance with sections 733(f) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.224(e). 

Dated: March 18, 2015. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06955 Filed 3–25–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Current Population 

Survey, Annual Social and Economic 

Supplement 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before May 26, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Aaron Cantu, U.S. Census 

Bureau, DSD/CPS HQ–7H108D, 

Washington, DC 20233–8400, (301) 763– 

3806 (or via the Internet at 

aaron.benjamin.cantu@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to request 

clearance for the collection of data 

concerning the Annual Social and 

Economic Supplement (ASEC) to be 

conducted in conjunction with the 

February, March, and April Current 

Population Survey (CPS). The Census 

Bureau has conducted this supplement 

annually for more than 50 years. The 

Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics sponsor this supplement. 

The ASEC data collection underwent 

a transition period from 2013 to 2015, 

in which it was redesigned to include a 

new series of questions relating to (1) 

income; and (2) health insurance. For 

2016, the data collection questions and 

design will remain unchanged from the 

previous year. 

For this data collection, information 

on work experience, personal income, 

noncash benefits, current and previous 

year health insurance coverage, 

employer-sponsored insurance take-up, 

and migration is collected. The work 

experience items in the ASEC provide a 

unique measure of the dynamic nature 

of the labor force as viewed over a oneyear period. These items produce 

statistics that show movements in and 

out of the labor force by measuring the 

number of periods of unemployment 

experienced by people, the number of 

different employers worked for during 

the year, the principal reasons for 

unemployment, and part-/full-time 

attachment to the labor force. We can 

make indirect measurements of 

discouraged workers and others with a 

casual attachment to the labor market. 

The income data from the ASEC are 

used by social planners, economists, 

government officials, and market 

researchers to gauge the economic wellbeing of the country as a whole, and 

selected population groups of interest. 

Government planners and researchers 

use these data to monitor and evaluate 

the effectiveness of various assistance 

programs. Market researchers use these 

data to identify and isolate potential 

customers. Social planners use these 

data to forecast economic conditions 

and to identify special groups that seem 

to be especially sensitive to economic 

fluctuations. Economists use ASEC data 

to determine the effects of various 

economic forces, such as inflation, 

recession, recovery, and so on, and their 

differential effects on various 

population groups. 

A prime statistic of interest is the 

classification of people in poverty and 

how this measurement has changed over 

time for various groups. Researchers 

evaluate ASEC income data not only to 

determine poverty levels but also to 

determine whether government 

programs are reaching eligible 

households. 

The ASEC also contains questions 

related to: (1) Medical expenditures; (2) 

presence and cost of a mortgage on 

property; (3) child support payments; 

and (4) amount of child care assistance 

received. These questions enable 

analysts and policymakers to obtain 

better estimates of family and household 

income, and more precisely gauge 

poverty status. 

II. Method of Collection 

The ASEC information will be 

collected by both personal visit and 

telephone interviews in conjunction 

with the regular February, March and 

April CPS interviewing. All interviews 

are conducted using computer-assisted 

interviewing. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0354. 

Form Number: There are no forms. 

We conduct all interviewing on 

computers. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

78,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 25 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 32,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There 

are no costs to the respondents other 

than their time to answer the CPS 

questions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, section 182; and title 29, 

United States Code, sections 1–9. 

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