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1Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures: 

https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_

filing_procedures.pdf. 

2All contract personnel will sign appropriate 

nondisclosure agreements. 

3Electronic Document Information System 

(EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov. 

exclusion order and/or a cease and 

desist order within a commercially 

reasonable time; and 

(v) explain how the requested 

remedial orders would impact United 

States consumers. 

Written submissions on the public 

interest must be filed no later than by 

close of business, eight calendar days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. There 

will be further opportunities for 

comment on the public interest after the 

issuance of any final initial 

determination in this investigation. Any 

written submissions on other issues 

must also be filed by no later than the 

close of business, eight calendar days 

after publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. Complainant may file 

replies to any written submissions no 

later than three calendar days after the 

date on which any initial submissions 

were due, notwithstanding § 201.14(a) 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure. No other submissions 

will be accepted, unless requested by 

the Commission. Any submissions and 

replies filed in response to this Notice 

are limited to five (5) pages in length, 

inclusive of attachments. 

Persons filing written submissions 

must file the original document 

electronically on or before the deadlines 

stated above. Submissions should refer 

to the docket number (‘‘Docket No. 

3792’’) in a prominent place on the 

cover page and/or the first page. (See 

Handbook for Electronic Filing 

Procedures, Electronic Filing 

Procedures 1). 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. Persons with questions 

regarding filing should contact the 

Secretary at EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. 

Any person desiring to submit a 

document to the Commission in 

confidence must request confidential 

treatment. All such requests should be 

directed to the Secretary to the 

Commission and must include a full 

statement of the reasons why the 

Commission should grant such 

treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents 

for which confidential treatment by the 

Commission is properly sought will be 

treated accordingly. All information, 

including confidential business 

information and documents for which 

confidential treatment is properly 

sought, submitted to the Commission for 

purposes of this Investigation may be 

disclosed to and used: (i) by the 

Commission, its employees and Offices, 

and contract personnel (a) for 

developing or maintaining the records 

of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in 

internal investigations, audits, reviews, 

and evaluations relating to the 

programs, personnel, and operations of 

the Commission including under 5 

U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. 

government employees and contract 

personnel,2 solely for cybersecurity 

purposes. All nonconfidential written 

submissions will be available for public 

inspection at the Office of the Secretary 

and on EDIS.3

This action is taken under the 

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), 

and of §§ 201.10 and 210.8(c) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 201.10, 210.8(c)). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 17, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30461 Filed 12–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–1671 (Final)] 

Melamine From Qatar; Termination of 

Investigation 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On December 9, 2024, the 

Department of Commerce published 

notice in the Federal Register of a 

negative final antidumping duty 

determination in connection with the 

subject investigation concerning Qatar. 

Accordingly, the antidumping duty 

investigation concerning melamine from 

Qatar (Investigation No. 731–TA–1671 

(Final)) is terminated. 

DATES: December 9, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keysha Martinez (202–205–2136), Office 

of Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that 

information on this matter can be 

obtained 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 

this investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

negative final antidumping duty 

determination was published in the 

Federal Register December 9, 2024 at 89 

FR 97592. 

Authority: This investigation is being 

terminated under authority of title VII of 

the Tariff Act of 1930 and pursuant to 

section 207.40(a) of the Commission’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 

207.40(a)). This notice is published 

pursuant to section 201.10 of the 

Commission’s rules (19 CFR 201.10). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 17, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30445 Filed 12–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–720 and 731– 

TA–1688 (Final)] 

Ceramic Tile From India; Scheduling of 

the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty 

and 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 and 

countervailing duty investigation Nos. 

701–TA–720 and 731–TA–1688 (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 ceramic tile from India, 

provided for in subheadings 6907.21.10, 

6907.21.20, 6907.21.30, 6907.21.40, 

6907.21.90, 6907.22.10, 6907.22.20, 

6907.22.30, 6907.22.40, 6907.22.90, 

6907.23.10, 6907.23.20, 6907.23.30, 

6907.23.40, 6907.23.90, 6907.30.10, 

6907.30.20, 6907.30.30, 6907.30.40, 


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1The Coalition for Fair Trade in Ceramic Tile is 

comprised of Crossville, Inc., Crossville, TN; DalTile Corporation, Dallas, TX; Del Conca USA, Inc., 

Loudon, TN; Wonder Porcelain, Lebanon, TN; 

Landmark Ceramics—UST, Inc., Mount Pleasant, 

TN; Florim USA, Clarksville, TN; Florida Tile, 

Lexington, KY; Portobello America Manufacturing 

LLC, Pompano Beach, FL; and StonePeak Ceramics 

Inc., Chicago, IL. 

2 § 207.21(b) of the Commission’s rules provides 

that, where Commerce has issued a negative 

preliminary determination, the Commission will 

publish a Final Phase Notice of Scheduling upon 

receipt of an affirmative final determination from 

Commerce. 

6907.30.90, 6907.40.10, 6907.40.20, 

6907.40.30, 6907.40.40, and 6907.40.90 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States, preliminarily 

determined by the Department of 

Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’) to be 

subsidized and sold at less-than-fairvalue. 

DATES: December 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nitin Joshi ((202) 708–1669), 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 ‘‘The merchandise 

covered by this investigation is ceramic 

flooring tile, wall tile, paving tile, hearth 

tile, porcelain tile, mosaic tile, flags, 

decorative tile, finishing tile, and the 

like (hereinafter ceramic tile). 

Ceramic tiles are articles containing a 

mixture of minerals including clay 

(generally hydrous silicates of alumina 

or magnesium) that are fired so the raw 

materials are fused to produce a tile that 

is less than 3.2 cm in thickness, 

exclusive of decorative features. 

All ceramic tile is subject to the scope 

regardless of end use, surface area, and 

weight, regardless of whether the tile is 

glazed or unglazed, regardless of the 

water absorption coefficient by weight, 

regardless of the extent of vitrification, 

and regardless of whether or not the tile 

is on a backing. 

Subject merchandise includes ceramic 

tile ‘‘slabs’’ or ‘‘panels’’ (tiles that are 

larger than 1 meter2 (11 ft2)). Subject 

merchandise includes ceramic tile that 

undergoes minor processing in a third 

country prior to importation into the 

United States. Similarly, subject 

merchandise includes ceramic tile 

produced that undergoes minor 

processing after importation into the 

United States. Such minor processing 

includes, but is not limited to, one or 

more of the following: beveling, cutting, 

trimming, staining, painting, polishing, 

finishing, additional firing, affixing a 

decorative surface to the tile, or any 

other processing that would otherwise 

not remove the merchandise from the 

scope of the investigation if performed 

in the country of manufacture of the inscope product. 

Background—The final phase of these 

investigations is being scheduled 

pursuant to sections 705(b) and 731(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

1671d(b) and 1673d(b)), as a result of 

affirmative preliminary determinations 

by Commerce that certain benefits 

which constitute subsidies within the 

meaning of § 703 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 

1671b) are being provided to 

manufacturers, producers, or exporters 

in India of ceramic tile, and that such 

products 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 petitions filed on April 19, 

2024, by Coalition for Fair Trade in 

Ceramic Tile.1

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). 

Although Commerce has 

preliminarily determined that imports 

of ceramic tile from India are not being 

and are not likely to be sold in the 

United States at less than fair value, for 

purposes of efficiency the Commission 

hereby waives rule 207.21(b) 2 so that 

the final phase of the investigations may 

proceed concurrently in the event that 

Commerce makes a final affirmative 

determination with respect to such 

imports. 

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, 

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 April 3, 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 Thursday, April 17, 

2025. Requests to appear at the hearing 

should be filed in writing with the 

Secretary to the Commission on or 

before Friday, April 11, 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 


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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 

Tuesday, April 15, 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 April 14, 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 April 10, 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 § 207.25 

of the Commission’s rules. The deadline 

for filing posthearing briefs is April 24, 

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 24, 2025. On May 12, 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 May 14, 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: December 16, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30379 Filed 12–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—1EdTech Consortium, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on July 

16, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 1EdTech 

Consortium, Inc. (‘‘1EdTech 

Consortium’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Alabama Institute for 

Deaf and Blind, East Talladega, AL; 

Education Assessment System, 

Arlington, VA; University of Georgia, 

Athens, GA; School Harbor, Phoenix, 

AZ; Ivy Tech Community College, 

Indianapolis, IN; MyEducator LLC, 

Orem, UT; Mountain Brook Schools, 

Mountain Brook, AL; Uinta County 

School District #1, Evanston, WY; St. 

Charles CUSD 303, St. Charles, IL; 

Swedish National Agency for Education 

(Statens skolverk), Stockholm, 

SWEDEN; Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology, Cambridge, MA; and 

Vestavia Hills City Schools, Vestavia 

Hills, AL, have been added as parties to 

this venture. 

Also, Washington State Community 

and Technical Colleges System, 

Olympia, WA; Pearl, Richmond, VA; 

New Hanover County Schools, 

Wilmington, NC; and Edge Factor Inc., 

Ontario, CANADA, have withdrawn as 

parties to this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and 1EdTech 

Consortium intends to file additional 

written notifications disclosing all 

changes in membership. 

On April 7, 2000, 1EdTech 

Consortium filed its original notification 

pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The 

Department of Justice published a notice 

in the Federal Register pursuant to 

section 6(b) of the Act on September 13, 

2000 (65 FR 55283). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on April 29, 2024. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on June 21, 2024 (89 FR 52089). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement 

Operations, Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30406 Filed 12–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Rapid Response 

Partnership Vehicle 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

October 3, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) 

of the National Cooperative Research 

and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 

4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Rapid Response 

Partnership Vehicle (‘‘RRPV’’) has filed 

written notifications simultaneously 

with the Attorney General and the 

Federal Trade Commission disclosing 

changes in its membership. The 

notifications were filed for the purpose 

of extending the Act’s provisions 

limiting the recovery of antitrust 

plaintiffs to actual damages under 

specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Biointelect Pty, Ltd., 

Sydney, AUSTRALIA; SPI Pharma, Inc., 


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