Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 4 / Friday, January 5, 2018 / Notices 657 

1The 21 APEC economies are Australia, Brunei 

Darussalam, Canada, Chile, the People’s Republic of 

China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic 

of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua 

New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, 

Chinese Taipei, Thailand, the United States, and 

Vietnam. 

www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_

exp.php?project=49607. 

The project originally was released for 

scoping comments as an environmental 

assessment (EA) as described above. 

Subsequent to the initial EA scoping 

efforts and based on the overall project 

scope and complexity—including its 

associated analyses—it was determined 

that an EIS would better provide a more 

appropriate vehicle than an EA for 

evaluating project information 

important to the public and decisionmaker. Though the Forest Service 

anticipates and intends that this project 

will be beneficial for landscape 

restoration, due to these complex 

circumstances, the Forest Service 

proposes to develop an EIS to ensure 

sufficient analysis and to further the 

intent of NEPA. 

Scoping Process 

Comments and submittals already 

received during the previously 

conducted public scoping comment 

period are part of the record and have 

been considered during further 

development of the project and its draft 

EIS and need not be re-submitted for the 

commenter to retain standing in the 

event of possible future objections. 

Furthermore, the draft EIS, including 

analysis of the project-specific plan 

amendment, is anticipated to be filed 

with the Enviromental Protection 

Agency (EPA) and available for public 

review and a designated 45-day public 

comment by early 2018. The EPA will 

publish a Notice of Availability of the 

draft EIS in the Federal Register. At 

such time, detailed instructions for how 

to submit comments regarding both the 

project-specific plan amendment and 

the draft EIS will be provided. 

Comments received, including names 

and addresses of those who comment, 

will be part of the public record for this 

proposed action and will be available 

for public inspection. Comments 

submitted anonymously will be 

accepted and considered; however, 

anonymous comments will not afford 

the Agency the ability to provide the 

respondent with subsequent 

environmental documents, nor will 

those who submit anonymous 

comments have standing to object to the 

subsequent decision under 36 CFR 218. 

Access and review for documents 

related to information in this notice is 

available at: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/ 

nepa_project_exp.php?project=49607. 

Dated: December 21, 2017. 

Glenn P. Casamassa, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00049 Filed 1–4–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[Docket No.: 160721646–6646–01] 

RIN No. 0625–XC022 

Applications To Serve as 

Accountability Agents in the Asia 

Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 

Privacy Recognition for Processors 

(PRP) System 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for 

organizations to submit applications to 

serve as Accountability Agents in the 

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 

(APEC) Privacy Recognition for 

Processors (PRP) system. 

SUMMARY: The International Trade 

Administration’s Office of Digital 

Services Industries (ODSI) invites 

interested organizations to submit 

applications for recognition by APEC to 

act as an Accountability Agent for U.S.- 

based companies that are subject to 

Federal Trade Commission jurisdiction 

as part of APEC’s Privacy Recognition 

for Processors system. 

DATES: Applications may be submitted 

beginning December 29, 2017. Until 

further notice, there is no closing date 

for submitting applications. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit applications 

by email to michael.rose@trade.gov, 

attention: Michael Rose, Office of Digital 

Services Industries, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for additional instructions 

on submitting applications. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All 

questions concerning this notice should 

be sent to the attention of Michael Rose, 

Office of Digital Services Industries, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, by 

telephone at (202) 815–0374 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or by email at 

michael.rose@trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2004, 

Leaders of the 21 APEC economies 1

endorsed the ‘‘APEC Privacy 

Framework’’ (Framework). The goal of 

the Framework is to facilitate the flow 

of information between the 21 

economies in APEC by promoting a 

common set of privacy principles that 

will enhance electronic commerce, 

facilitate trade and economic growth, 

and strengthen consumer privacy 

protections. In order to implement this 

Framework, member economies 

developed a voluntary system of Cross 

Border Privacy Rules (CBPR), which 

was endorsed by APEC Leaders in 

November 2011 (the Leaders’ 

Declaration is available at http://

www.apec.org/Meeting-Papers/LeadersDeclarations/2011/2011_aelm.aspx). 

The Leaders’ Declaration instructs APEC 

member economies to implement the 

APEC CBPR system to reduce barriers to 

information flows, enhance consumer 

privacy, and promote interoperability 

across regional data privacy regimes. In 

July 2012, the United States formally 

commenced participation in the CBPR 

system. The United States issued an 

open invitation for interested 

organizations to submit applications for 

recognition by APEC to act as an 

Accountability Agent for U.S.-based 

companies that are subject to Federal 

Trade Commission jurisdiction as part 

of APEC CBPR system, available at: 

https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2012/07/30/2012-18515/ 

applications-to-serve-as-accountabilityagents-in-the-asia-pacific-economiccooperation-apec-cross. 

The APEC CBPR system applies to 

personal information controllers 

(‘‘controller’’), defined in the 

Framework as ‘‘person(s) or 

organization(s) who control the 

collection, holding, processing or use of 

personal information’’. APEC developed 

the Privacy Recognition for Processors 

(PRP) system to complement the CBPR 

system, and APEC Leaders endorsed the 

PRP system in February 2015. The 

United States was approved by APEC 

economies on the Joint Oversight Panel, 

the body overseeing the CBPR and PRP 

systems, to participate in the PRP 

system on November 15, 2017. 

The PRP system is designed to help 

personal information processors 

(‘‘processors’’), third parties that are 

acting as agents to perform task(s) on 

behalf of and under the instructions of 

a controller, demonstrate their ability to 

implement a controller’s privacy 

obligations related to the processing of 

personal information. The PRP system 

also helps controllers identify qualified 


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658 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 4 / Friday, January 5, 2018 / Notices 

1For a complete description of the Scope of the 

Order, see Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum 

for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks 

from the People’s Republic of China,’’ issued 

concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

2See Non-Market Economy Antidumping 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 

FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011) (NME AD 

Assessment) and the ‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section, 

below. 

and accountable processors and helps 

ensure that processing is consistent with 

the controller’s CBPR System processing 

requirements. 

The PRP system requires processors to 

implement privacy policies and 

practices consistent with the PRP 

system requirements for all personal 

information that they process on behalf 

of controllers, and these policies and 

practices must be assessed as compliant 

by an APEC-recognized Accountability 

Agent (‘‘PRP certification’’). Under the 

PRP system, an ‘‘Accountability Agent’’ 

is a third-party organization that 

provides verification services related to 

the data privacy policies and practices 

for those processors seeking PRP 

certification. Only APEC-recognized 

Accountability Agents may perform PRP 

certifications. 

An Accountability Agent may only 

provide PRP certification for a U.S. 

processor that is subject to the 

enforcement authority of the Federal 

Trade Commission, the U.S. privacy 

enforcement authority. 

An applicant may be designated as an 

Accountability Agent if APEC member 

economies recognize that it meets the 

recognition criteria agreed to by APEC. 

Those criteria are set forth in the 

Accountability Agent APEC Application 

for the PRP System (‘‘APEC PRP System 

Guide’’), which is available at: https:// 

cbprs.blob.core.windows.net/files/ 

Accountability%20Agent

%20Application%20for%20PRP

%20Revised%20For%20Posting%203- 

16.pdf. 

Organizations interested in being 

designated as an Accountability Agent 

should notify the Department of 

Commerce of their interest in obtaining 

APEC recognition and submit the 

information described in the APEC PRP 

System Guide to the Office of Digital 

Services Industries by email at 

michael.rose@trade.gov. 

Dated: December 29, 2017. 

James Sullivan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00046 Filed 1–4–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–983] 

Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Preliminary Determination 

of No Shipments; 2016–2017 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on drawn 

stainless steel sinks (drawn sinks) from 

the People’s Republic of China (China). 

The period of review (POR) is April 1, 

2016, through March 31, 2017. The 

review covers two mandatory 

respondents, Feidong Import and Export 

Co., Ltd. (Feidong) and Foshan 

Zhaoshun Trade Co., Ltd (Zhaoshun). 

We preliminarily determine that neither 

mandatory respondent qualifies for a 

separate rate and, therefore, both are 

considered part of the China-wide 

entity. Additionally, we are 

preliminarily including two companies 

that failed to demonstrate their 

entitlement to a separate rate (i.e., 

Jiangmen Hongmao Trading Co., Ltd. 

(Hongmao) and Yuyao Afa Kitchenware 

Co., Ltd. (Yuyao)) as part of the Chinawide entity. We also preliminarily grant 

separate rates to the following 

companies which demonstrated 

eligibility for separate rate status but 

were not selected for individual 

examination: Jiangmen New Star HiTech Enterprise Ltd. (New Star); 

KaiPing Dawn Plumbing Products, Inc. 

(KaiPing); Guangdong New Shichu 

Import and Export Company Limited 

(New Sichu); and Ningbo Afa Kitchen 

and Bath Co., Ltd. (Ningbo Afa). Finally, 

we preliminarily find that B&R 

Industries Limited (B&R); Xinhe 

Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd. 

(Xinhe); Zhongshan Superte 

Kitchenware Co., Ltd. (Superte); and 

Zhuhai KOHLER Kitchen & Bathroom 

Products Co., Ltd. (Zhuhai KOHLER) 

made no shipments of subject 

merchandise during the POR. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable January 5, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Janz or Ajay Menon, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office II, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–2972 or (202) 482–1993, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order 

include drawn stainless steel sinks. 

Imports of subject merchandise are 

currently classified under the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

7324.10.0000 and 7324.10.0010. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of the order is dispositive.1

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

Based on our analysis of CBP 

information and information provided 

by the companies, we preliminarily 

determine that B&R, Superte, Xinhe, 

and Zhuhai KOHLER did not have any 

shipments of subject merchandise 

during the POR. In addition, Commerce 

finds that, consistent with its 

assessment practice in non-market 

economy (NME) cases, it is appropriate 

not to rescind the review in part in these 

circumstances, but to complete the 

review with respect to these four 

companies and issue appropriate 

instructions to CBP based on the final 

results.2 For additional information 

regarding this determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Because Feidong is majority 

government-owned and Foshan did not 

respond to the NME questionnaire, we 

preliminarily determine that they are 

not eligible for a separate rate and are 

part of the China-wide entity, subject to 

the China-wide entity rate of 76.45 

percent. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. The 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 

public document and is on file 

electronically via Enforcement and 


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