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importation in foreign markets or 

changes in market demand abroad). 

Demand conditions to consider include 

end uses and applications; the existence 

and availability of substitute products; 

and the level of competition among the 

Domestic Like Product produced in the 

United States, Subject Merchandise 

produced in the Subject Country, and 

such merchandise from other countries. 

(13) (OPTIONAL) A statement of 

whether you agree with the above 

definitions of the Domestic Like Product 

and Domestic Industry; if you disagree 

with either or both of these definitions, 

please explain why and provide 

alternative definitions. 

Authority: This proceeding is being 

conducted under authority of Title VII 

of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is 

published pursuant to § 207.61 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: February 23, 2022. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04198 Filed 2–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1567–1569 

(Final)] 

Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber (NBR) 

From France, Mexico, and South 

Korea; Scheduling of the Final Phase 

of Anti-Dumping 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–1567–1569 (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 acrylonitrilebutadiene rubber (NBR) from France, 

Mexico, and South Korea, provided for 

in subheading 4002.59.00 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States, preliminarily determined 

by the Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Commerce’’) to be sold at less-thanfair-value. 

DATES: February 2, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristina Lara ((202) 205–3386), 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 these 

investigations, Commerce has defined 

the subject merchandise as 

‘‘acrylonitrile butadiene rubber or nitrile 

rubber (AB Rubber). AB Rubber is a 

synthetic rubber produced by the 

emulsion polymerization of butadiene 

and acrylonitrile with or without the 

incorporation of a third component 

selected from methacrylic acid or 

isoprene. 

This scope covers AB Rubber in solid 

or nonaqueous liquid form. The scope 

also includes carboxylated AB Rubber. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is AB Rubber in latex form 

(commonly classified under 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheading 

4002.51.0000). Latex AB Rubber is 

commonly either (a) acrylonitrile/ 

butadiene polymer in latex form or (b) 

acrylonitrile/butadiene/methacrylic acid 

polymer in latex form. The broader 

definition of latex refers to a water 

emulsion of a synthetic rubber obtained 

by polymerization. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is: (a) AB Rubber 

containing additives incorporated 

during the compounding, mixing, 

molding, or use of AB Rubber 

comprising greater than twenty percent 

of the total weight of the product. 

Additives would include, but are not 

limited to, fillers (e.g., carbon black, 

silica, clay); reinforcement agents (e.g., 

fibers, carbon black, silica); 

vulcanization agents (e.g., sulfur, sulfur 

complexes, peroxide); or AB Rubber 

containing extension oils making up 

greater than forty percent of the total 

weight of the product. Such products 

would be generally classified under 

HTSUS subheading 4005; (b) AB Rubber 

containing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) 

making up greater than twenty percent 

of total weight of the product; (c) 

hydrogenated AB Rubber (commonly 

referred to as AB Rubber) produced by 

subsequent dissolution and 

hydrogenation of AB Rubber; and (d) 

reactive liquid polymers containing 

acrylonitrile and butadiene with amine, 

epoxy, carboxyl or methacrylate vinyl 

chemical functionality. 

Subject merchandise includes 

material matching the above description 

that has been finished, packaged, or 

otherwise processed in a third country, 

including by modifying physical form or 

packaging with another product, or 

performing any other finishing, 

packaging, or processing that would not 

otherwise remove the merchandise from 

the scope of the investigation if 

performed in the country of 

manufacture of the AB Rubber. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is classified in the HTSUS 

at subheading 4002.59.0000. While the 

HTSUS subheading numbers are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise under investigation is 

dispositive.’’ 

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 acrylonitrile-butadiene 

rubber (NBR) from France, Korea and 

Mexico 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 June 30, 

2021, by Zeon Chemicals L.P. and Zeon 

GP, LLC (collectively ‘‘Zeon’’), 

Louisville, Kentucky. 

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 

that filed a notice of appearance during 

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, 


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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 May 17, 2022, 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 Thursday, June 1, 2022. 

Information about the place and form of 

the hearing, including about how to 

participate in and/or view the hearing, 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

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

calendarpad/calendar.html. Interested 

parties should check the Commission’s 

website periodically for updates. 

Requests to appear at the hearing should 

be filed in writing with the Secretary to 

the Commission on or before Thursday, 

May 26, 2022. 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 

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

30, 2022. 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 May 24, 2022. Parties may also 

file written testimony in connection 

with their presentation at the hearing, as 

provided in § 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules, 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 June 8, 2022. 

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 

June 8, 2022. Parties may submit 

supplemental comments on Commerce’s 

final antidumping duty determinations 

on or before June 23, 2022. 

Supplemental party comments may 

address only Commerce’s final 

determinations and may not exceed five 

(5) pages in length. On June 30, 2022, 

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 July 6, 2022, 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: February 24, 2022. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04252 Filed 2–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act Forms 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Office of 

Workers’ Compensation Programs 

(OWCP)-sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before March 31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 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. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) if the 

information will be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (4) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(5) ways to minimize the burden of the 


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