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7See Order, 67 FR at 44180. 

1See Disposable Aluminum Containers, Pans, 

Trays, and Lids from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation, 89 FR 49837 (June 12, 2024) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Aluminum Containers, Pans, Trays, and 

Lids from the People’s Republic of China: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair Value Investigation, 89 FR 81425 

(October 8, 2024). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Disposable 

Aluminum Containers, Pans, Trays, and Lids from 

the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble). 

6See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 49838. 

of this review in the Federal Register. 

If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

In accordance with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Act, Commerce also intends to 

instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties in the 

amounts shown for the companies listed 

above for shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of these 

final results of this administrative 

review. For all non-reviewed firms 

subject to the Order, we will instruct 

CBP to continue to collect cash deposits 

of estimated countervailing duties at the 

most recent company-specific rate or the 

all-others rate (i.e., 20.40 percent), as 

appropriate.7 These cash deposit 

requirements, effective upon 

publication of these final results, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an APO of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order, 

is hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These final results of administrative 

review are issued and published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

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

351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: December 19, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Garware Corporate Name Change 

V. Subsidies Valuation 

VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Erred in 

Excluding Certain Programs in its 

Adverse Facts Available (AFA) 

Calculations for Jindal 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Erred in 

Selecting AFA Rates Lower than the 

Highest Non-De Minimis Rate for Certain 

Programs in its AFA Calculation for 

Jindal 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–170] 

Disposable Aluminum Containers, 

Pans, Trays, and Lids From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that disposable aluminum 

containers, pans, trays, and lids 

(aluminum containers) from the 

People’s Republic of China (China) are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation 

(POI) is October 1, 2023, through March 

31, 2024. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 30, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Palmer or Kate Fracke, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1678 or (202) 482–3299, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on June 12, 2024.1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 On October 8, 2024, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination.3 The deadline for the 

preliminary determination is now 

December 19, 2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and 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 https://access.

trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be found at https://

access.trade.gov/public/FRNotices

ListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are aluminum containers 

from China. For a complete description 

of the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).6 No interested 

party commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. As a result, Commerce 

is not preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See the scope in Appendix I to 

this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Pursuant to sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act, we have 


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7See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 49841. 

8See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market 

Economy Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) (Policy 

Bulletin 05.1), available on Commerce’s website at 

enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 9See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum for 

additional details. 

10See Certain Pea Protein from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final 

Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, 

89 FR 55559 (July 5, 2024). 

11See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Petition Volume II China,’’ dated May 16, 2024 

(Petition), at Exhibit AD–CN–5. 

preliminarily relied upon facts 

otherwise available with adverse 

inferences (AFA) for the China-wide 

entity, including each of the companies 

selected for individual examination that 

later withdrew their participation: 

Ungar Automation Technology Co., Ltd.; 

Able Packaging Jiangsu Co., Ltd.; and 

Henan Aluminium Corporation (Henan 

Aluminum). For a full description of the 

methodology underlying Commerce’s 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances 

In accordance with section 733(e) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that critical 

circumstances exist with respect to 

imports of aluminum containers from 

China for the separate-rate companies 

and the China-wide entity. For a full 

description of the methodology and 

results of Commerce’s critical 

circumstances analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice,7 Commerce 

stated that it would calculate producer/ 

exporter combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation. Policy 

Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice.8 In 

this investigation, we calculated 

producer/exporter combination rates for 

respondents eligible for separate rates. 

Separate Rates 

We have preliminarily granted a 

separate rate to certain separate rate 

respondents that we did not select for 

individual examination.9 In calculating 

the rate for non-individually examined 

separate rate respondents in a nonmarket economy LTFV investigation, 

Commerce normally looks to section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, which pertains 

to the calculation of the all-others rate 

in a market economy LTFV 

investigation, for guidance. Pursuant to 

section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, normally 

this rate shall be an amount equal to the 

weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for those companies 

individually-examined, excluding any 

dumping margins that are zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely under section 

776 of the Act. 

Because each company selected for 

individual examination in this 

investigation subsequently notified 

Commerce of its withdrawal from 

participation, the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins in this 

preliminary determination are based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. In 

investigations where no estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

other than zero, de minimis, or those 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act have been established for 

individually-examined entities, in 

accordance with section 735(c)(5)(B) of 

the Act, Commerce typically calculates 

a simple average of the margins alleged 

in the petition and applies the results to 

the entities not individually examined 

but found eligible for a separate rate.10

In this investigation, the simple average 

of the rates in the Petition is 193.90 

percent.11 See the table below in the 

‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section of 

this notice. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Producer Exporter 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Foshan Bossfoil Aluminum Products Co., Ltd ............................... Aikou Packaging Co., Ltd ............................................................. 193.90 

Guangzhou Huafeng Aluminum Foil Technologies Co. Ltd .......... Guangzhou Huafeng Aluminum Foil Technologies Co. Ltd ......... 193.90 

Guangzhou Vanzhen Aluminum Foil Products Co., Ltd ................ Guangzhou Vanzhen Aluminum Foil Products Co., Ltd ............... 193.90 

Henan Mingwei Aluminum Products Co., Ltd ................................ Henan Mingwei Aluminum Products Co., Ltd ............................... 193.90 

Jinhua Majestic Aluminum Packing Co., Ltd ................................. Jinhua Majestic Aluminum Packing Co., Ltd ................................ 193.90 

Ningbo Laxwell Aluminum Foil Technology Co., Ltd ..................... Ningbo Laxwell Aluminum Foil Technology Co., Ltd .................... 193.90 

Ningbo Mylife Aluminium Foil Products Co., Ltd ........................... Ningbo Mylife Aluminium Foil Products Co., Ltd .......................... 193.90 

Ningbo Reco Packing Technology Co., Ltd .................................. Ningbo Reco Packing Technology Co., Ltd .................................. 193.90 

Ningbo Times Aluminium Foil Technology Corp., Ltd ................... Ningbo Times Aluminium Foil Technology Corp., Ltd .................. 193.90 

Ningbo Uber Aluminum Foil Products Co., Ltd ............................. Ningbo Uber Aluminum Foil Products Co., Ltd ............................ 193.90 

Ningbo Wonderfoil Aluminium Foil Technology Co., Ltd ............... Ningbo Wonderfoil Aluminium Foil Technology Co., Ltd .............. 193.90 

Ningbo Wonderfoil Aluminium Foil Technology Co., Ltd ............... Qingdao Honsun Packaging Technology Co., Ltd ....................... 193.90 

Qingdao Wohler Aluminium Environmental Technology Co, Ltd .. Qingdao Wohler Aluminium Environmental Technology Co, Ltd 193.90 

DongTai Subcompany of Shanghai Dragon Aluminium Foil Products Co., Ltd.DongTai Subcompany of Shanghai Dragon Aluminium Foil 

Products Co., Ltd.

193.90 

Suzhou Spk Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd ............................................. Suzhou Spk Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd ............................................ 193.90 

Nantong Hongtu Health Technology Co., Ltd ............................... Uniriver Industries Co., Ltd ........................................................... 193.90 

Wohler (Qingdao) Co., Ltd ............................................................. Wohler (Qingdao) Co., Ltd ............................................................ 193.90 

Yuyao Rhea Alumium Foil Products Co., Ltd ................................ Yuyao Rhea Alumium Foil Products Co., Ltd ............................... 193.90 

Yuyao Smallcap Household Products Co., Ltd ............................. Yuyao Smallcap Household Products Co., Ltd ............................ 193.90 

Zhangjiagang Auto Well Co., Ltd ................................................... Zhangjiagang Kangyuan International Trading Co., Ltd ............... 193.90 

Jiangsu Greensource Health Aluminum Foil Technology Co., Ltd Zhangjiagang Kangyuan International Trading Co., Ltd ............... 193.90 

Zhejiang Zhongjin Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd ............................. Zhejiang Zhongjin Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd ............................ 193.90 

Henan Vino Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd ............................................. Zhengzhou Eming Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd ........................... 193.90 

China-wide Entity * ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 287.80 

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12See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

13See Disposable Aluminum Containers, Pans, 

Trays, and Lids from the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, and 

Alignment of Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination, 89 FR 85495– 

85497 (October 28, 2024). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 15See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 16We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

17See APO and Service Final Rule. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

and (e)(2) of the Act, Commerce will 

direct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation 

of subject merchandise, as described in 

Appendix I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the dates discussed below. Further, 

pursuant to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), Commerce 

will instruct CBP to require a cash 

deposit equal to the weighted average 

amount by which normal value exceeds 

U.S. price, as indicated in the chart 

above as follows: (1) for the producer/ 

exporter combinations listed in the table 

above, the cash deposit rate is equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin listed for that 

combination in the table; (2) for all 

combinations of China producers/ 

exporters of merchandise under 

consideration that have not established 

eligibility for their own separate rates, 

the cash deposit rate will be equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin established for the China-wide 

entity; and (3) for all third-county 

exporters of merchandise under 

consideration not listed in the table 

above, the cash deposit rate is the cash 

deposit rate applicable to the China 

producer/exporter combination (or the 

China-wide entity) that supplied that 

third-country exporter. 

Section 733(e)(2) of the Act provides 

that, given an affirmative determination 

of critical circumstances, any 

suspension of liquidation shall apply to 

unliquidated entries of merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the later of 

(a) the date which is 90 days before the 

date on which the suspension of 

liquidation was first ordered, or (b) the 

date on which notice of initiation of the 

investigation was published. Commerce 

preliminarily finds that critical 

circumstances exist for imports of 

subject merchandise from the nonselected companies eligible for a 

separate rate and the China-wide 

entity.12 In accordance with section 

733(e)(2)(A) of the Act, the suspension 

of liquidation shall apply to all 

unliquidated entries of merchandise 

from the non-selected companies 

eligible for a separate rate and the 

China-wide entity that were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date that is 

90 days before the publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

To determine the cash deposit rate, 

Commerce normally adjusts the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the amount of domestic 

subsidy pass-through and export 

subsidies determined in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. Commerce determined in the 

preliminary determination of the 

companion CVD investigation that the 

mandatory respondent (i.e., Henan 

Aluminum) and the non-selected 

respondents (i.e., the ‘‘All Others’’ 

companies) did not benefit from export 

subsidies.13 Thus, we have not adjusted 

the cash deposit rates to account for 

export subsidies. Furthermore, because 

no respondent cooperated in this 

proceeding, we do not have any 

information to conclude whether any 

respondent is entitled to an adjustment 

for domestic subsidies passed-through. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with a 

preliminary determination within five 

days of its public announcement or, if 

there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, 

because Commerce preliminarily 

applied AFA to the mandatory 

respondents in this investigation in 

accordance with section 776 of the Act, 

and the applied AFA rate is based solely 

on the Petition, and the rate assigned to 

the separate rate companies was a 

simple average of the Petition rates, 

there are no calculations to disclose. 

Verification 

Because the mandatory respondents 

in this investigation did not provide 

information requested by Commerce 

and Commerce preliminarily determines 

each of the mandatory respondents to 

have been uncooperative, verification 

will not be conducted. 

Public Comment 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i), 

interested parties may submit a case 

brief no later than 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed not later than 

five days after the date for filing case 

briefs.14 Interested parties who submit 

case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding must submit: (1) a table of 

contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.15

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.16 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their public 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the public 

executive summaries as the basis of the 

comment summaries included in the 

issues and decision memorandum that 

will accompany the final determination 

in this investigation. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the executive 

summary of each issue. Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).17

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants and whether any 

participant is a foreign national; and (3) 

a list of issues to be discussed. Issues 

raised in the hearing will be limited to 

those raised in the respective briefs. An 

electronically filed hearing request must 

be received successfully in its entirety 

by Commerce’s electronic records 

system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern 

Time within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

(ITC) Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC 


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of its preliminary determination of sales 

at LTFV. If the final determination is 

affirmative, the ITC will determine 

before the later of 120 days after the date 

of this preliminary determination or 45 

days after the final determination 

whether imports of subject merchandise 

are materially injuring, or threaten 

material injury to, the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This preliminary determination is 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: December 19, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is disposable aluminum 

containers, pans, trays, and lids produced 

primarily from flat-rolled aluminum. The 

subject merchandise includes disposable 

aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids 

regardless of shape or size and whether or 

not wrinkled or smooth. 

The term ‘‘disposable’’ is used to identify 

an aluminum article that is designed to be 

used once, or for a limited number of times, 

and then recycled or otherwise disposed. 

‘‘Containers, pans, and trays’’ are 

receptacles for holding goods. 

The subject disposable aluminum lids are 

intended to be used in combination with 

disposable containers produced from 

aluminum or other materials (e.g., paper or 

plastic). Where a disposable aluminum lid is 

imported with a non-aluminum container, 

only the disposable aluminum lid is included 

in the scope. 

Disposable aluminum containers, pans, 

trays, and lids are also included within the 

scope regardless of whether the surface has 

been embossed, printed, coated (including 

with a non-stick substance), or decorated, 

and regardless of the style of the edges. The 

inclusion of a non-aluminum lid or dome 

sold or packaged with an otherwise in-scope 

article does not remove the article from the 

scope, however, only the disposable 

aluminum container, pan, tray, and lid is 

covered by the scope definition. 

Disposable aluminum containers, pans, 

trays, and lids are typically used in foodrelated applications, including but not 

limited to food preparation, packaging, 

baking, barbequing, reheating, takeout, or 

storage, but also have other uses. Regardless 

of end use, disposable aluminum containers, 

pans, trays, and lids that meet the scope 

definition and are not otherwise excluded are 

subject merchandise. 

Excluded from the scope are disposable 

aluminum casks, drums, cans, boxes and 

similar containers (including disposable 

aluminum cups and bottles) properly 

classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 

7612.90. However, aluminum containers, 

pans, trays, and lids that would otherwise be 

covered by the scope are not excluded based 

solely on the fact that they are being 

classified under HTSUS subheading 

7612.90.5000 due to the thickness of 

aluminum being less than 0.04 mm or greater 

than 0.22 mm. 

The flat-rolled aluminum used to produce 

the subject articles may be made to ASTM 

specifications ASTM B479 or ASTM B209– 

14, but can also be made to other 

specifications. Regardless of the 

specification, however, all disposable 

aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids 

meeting the scope description are included 

in the scope. 

Disposable aluminum containers, pans, 

trays, and lids are currently classifiable 

under HTSUS subheading 7615.10.7125. 

Further, merchandise that falls within the 

scope of this proceeding may also be entered 

into the United States under HTSUS 

subheadings 7612.90.1090, 7615.10.3015, 

7615.10.3025, 7615.10.7130, 7615.10.7155, 

7615.10.7180, 7615.10.9100, and 

8309.90.0000. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of this proceeding is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Single Entity Analysis 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Critical Circumstances 

VII. Adjustment Under Section 777(A)(f) of 

the Act 

VIII. Adjustment to Cash Deposit Rates for 

Export Subsidies 

IX. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Establishment of the Methane Plume 

Remote Sensing Measurements 

Consortium 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST). 

ACTION: Notice of Research Consortium. 

SUMMARY: NIST is establishing the 

Methane Plume Remote Sensing 

Measurements Consortium 

(‘‘Consortium’’) to support the rapidly 

growing field of remote sensing for the 

detection and quantification of methane 

emissions, primarily from point sources. 

This Consortium aims to unite Federal 

and State agencies, academia, business, 

and industry to enhance robust 

transparency, accuracy, reliability, and 

interoperability of methane plume 

detection and quantification data 

products. In this evolving field of 

measurement and analysis, consistency 

across products and results, an 

understanding of the drivers of error, 

and a well-constructed validation 

strategy, are important to increase trust 

in the data products. To achieve this, 

the Consortium is focused on 

identifying the strengths and limitations 

of current methodologies and analysis 

approaches. The Consortium seeks to 

foster transparency through improved 

documentation, consensus building 

around best practices and the 

development of documentary consensus 

standards. In addition, the Consortium 

seeks to support the coordination and 

standardization of validation 

approaches for these measurements and 

the utilization of controlled releases. By 

fostering collaboration among business, 

Federal agencies, local governmental 

stakeholders, and researchers, the 

Consortium aims to drive advancements 

in methane plume detection and 

quantification and the analysis 

supported by them. 

Participants will be required to sign a 

Cooperative Research and Development 

Agreement (CRADA). 

DATES: The Consortium’s activities will 

commence on January 15, 2024 

(‘‘Commencement Date’’). NIST will 

accept letters of interest to participate in 

this Consortium on an ongoing basis. 

ADDRESSES: Completed letters of interest 

or requests for additional information 

about the Consortium can be directed 

via mail to the Consortium Manager, Dr. 

Annmarie Eldering, Greenhouse Gas 

Measurements Program of NIST’s 

Special Programs Office, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Mail Stop 2100, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899, or via electronic mail 

annmarie.eldering@nist.gov, or by 

telephone at (301) 975–5558. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Saikat Ghosh, Partnership Officer, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology’s Technology Partnerships 

Office, by mail to 100 Bureau Drive, 

Mail Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899, by electronic mail to 

Saikatkumar.Ghosh@nist.gov or by 

telephone at (301) 975–3084. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST is 

establishing the Methane Plume Remote 

Sensing Measurements Consortium 

(‘‘Consortium’’) to support the rapidly 

growing field of remote sensing for the 

detection and quantification of methane 

emissions, primarily from point sources. 

This Consortium aims to unite Federal 

and State agencies, academia, business, 

and industry to enhance robust 

transparency, accuracy, reliability, and 

interoperability of methane plume 

detection and quantification data 

products. In this rapidly growing and 


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