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Vol. 90, No. 17 

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the Texas 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of virtual 

business meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that the Texas Advisory 

Committee (Committee) to the U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights will hold a 

virtual business meeting via ZoomGov 

on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, from 1 

p.m.–2 p.m. central time (CT). The 

purpose of the meeting is to debrief 

their online panel on racial disparities 

in maternal mortality. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Tuesday, March 25th, from 1 p.m.–2 

p.m. CT. 

Zoom Webinar Link to Join (Audio/ 

Visual): https://www.zoomgov.com/ 

webinar/register/WN_

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brooke Peery, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at bpeery@usccr.gov or by 

phone at (202) 701–1376. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Committee meetings are available to the 

public through the videoconference link 

above. Any interested member of the 

public may listen to the meeting. An 

open comment period will be provided 

to allow members of the public to make 

a statement as time allows. Per the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, public 

minutes of the meeting will include a 

list of persons who are present at the 

meeting. If joining via phone, callers can 

expect to incur regular charges for calls 

they initiate over wireless lines, 

according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Closed captioning will 

be available for individuals who are 

deaf, hard of hearing, or who have 

certain cognitive or learning 

impairments. To request additional 

accommodations, please email Angelica 

Trevino, Support Services Specialist, 

atrevino@usccr.gov at least 10 business 

days prior to the meeting. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

make comments during the open period 

at the end of the meeting. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

comments; the comments must be 

received in the Regional Programs Unit 

within 30 days following the meeting. 

Written comments can be sent via email 

to Brooke Peery (DFO) at bpeery@

usccr.gov. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Records of 

the meetings will be available via 

www.facadatabase.gov under the 

Commission on Civil Rights, Texas 

Advisory Committee link. Persons 

interested in the work of this Committee 

are directed to the Commission’s 

website, https://www.usccr.gov, or may 

contact the Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit at atrevino@

usccr.gov. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome & Roll Call 

II. Approval of Minutes 

III. Committee Discussion 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Adjournment 

Dated: January 22, 2025. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01782 Filed 1–27–25; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the Texas 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of virtual 

briefing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that the Texas Advisory 

Committee (Committee) to the U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights will hold a 

virtual briefing via ZoomGov on 

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, from 1 

p.m.–3 p.m. central time (CT). The 

purpose of the briefing is to hear 

testimony on maternal mortality. 

DATES: The briefing will take place on 

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, from 1 

p.m.–3 p.m. CT. 

ADDRESSES: 

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Visual): https://www.zoomgov.com/ 

webinar/register/WN_

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brooke Peery, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at bpeery@usccr.gov or by 

phone at (202) 701–1376. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Committee meetings are available to the 

public through the videoconference link 

above. Any interested member of the 

public may listen to the meeting. An 

open comment period will be provided 

to allow members of the public to make 

a statement as time allows. Per the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, public 

minutes of the meeting will include a 

list of persons who are present at the 

meeting. If joining via phone, callers can 

expect to incur regular charges for calls 

they initiate over wireless lines, 

according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Closed captioning will 

be available for individuals who are 

deaf, hard of hearing, or who have 

certain cognitive or learning 

impairments. To request additional 

accommodations, please email Angelica 

Trevino, Support Services Specialist, 

atrevino@usccr.gov at least 10 business 

days prior to the meeting. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

make comments during the open period 

at the end of the meeting. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

comments; the comments must be 

received in the Regional Programs Unit 

within 30 days following the meeting. 

Written comments can be sent via email 

to Brooke Peery (DFO) at bpeery@

usccr.gov. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Records of 

the meetings will be available via 


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8258 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 28, 2025 / Notices 

1See Certain Paper Plates from the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, and Alignment of Final 

Determination with Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 89 FR 54429 (July 1, 2024) 

(Preliminary Determination) and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination of the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Certain Paper Plates from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; see also section 

771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 

771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. 

5Preliminary Determination PDM at 7–17. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the 

Questionnaire Responses of Go-Pak Paper Products 

Vietnam Co., Ltd.,’’ dated August 1, 2024. 

7 In addition to Xie Li, the mandatory respondent 

that timely notified Commerce of its intent to 

withdraw from the investigation following its 

response to the affiliation portion of the initial 

questionnaire, there are four other non-responsive 

companies: (1) Innovative Sonic Vietnam 

International; (2) Ningbo Changya Plastic Vietnam 

Company; (3) Ningbo Changya Plastic Vietnam; and 

(4) SCG Vietnam. 

www.facadatabase.gov under the 

Commission on Civil Rights, Texas 

Advisory Committee link. Persons 

interested in the work of this Committee 

are directed to the Commission’s 

website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may 

contact the Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit at atrevino@

usccr.gov. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome & Opening Remarks 

II. Panelist Remarks 

III. Committee Q&A 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Adjournment 

Dated: January 22, 2025. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01783 Filed 1–27–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–552–840] 

Certain Paper Plates From the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

certain paper plates (paper plates) from 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

(Vietnam) during the period of 

investigation, January 1, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable January 28, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Kolberg, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1785. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 1, 2024, Commerce published 

the Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register and invited interested 

parties to comment.1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 The deadline for the final 

determination is now January 21, 2025. 

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final determination, may 

be found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.3 The Issues and 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 http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are paper plates from 

Vietnam. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

We received no comments from 

interested parties on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Preliminary Determination. Therefore, 

we made no changes to the scope of the 

investigation. 

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation, and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs that were 

submitted by parties in this 

investigation, are discussed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. For a list of 

the issues raised by interested parties in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum, 

see Appendix II. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Tariff Act of 1920, as 

amended (the Act). For each of the 

subsidy programs found to be 

countervailable, Commerce determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.4 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce relied, in part, on facts 

otherwise available, including adverse 

facts available (AFA), pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For 

a full discussion of our application of 

AFA, see the Preliminary 

Determination, section ‘‘Use of Facts 

Available and Adverse Inferences’’ in 

the accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.5

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

Act, between July 15 through July 19, 

2024, Commerce conducted verification 

of the subsidy information reported by 

Go-Pak Paper Products Vietnam Limited 

(Go-Pak).6 We used standard 

verification procedures, including an 

examination of relevant accounting 

records and original source documents 

provided by Go-Pak. 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

In accordance with sections 703(e)(1) 

and 776(a) and 776(b) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.206, Commerce continues to 

find that critical circumstances exist 

with respect to imports of paper plates 

from Vietnam for Xie Li Vietnam 

International Company Limited (Xie Li), 

the non-responsive companies,7 and all 

other producers and exporters. In 

addition, we continue to find that 

critical circumstances do not exist with 

respect to imports of paper plates from 

Go-Pak. For a full description of the 

methodology and results of Commerce’s 

critical circumstances analysis, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

information received during 


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