9082 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 24 / Thursday, February 6, 2025 / Notices 

(Authority: Government in the Sunshine Act, 

5 U.S.C. 552b) 

Vicktoria J. Allen, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02373 Filed 2–4–25; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL 

TRADE COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–728 and 731– 

TA–1697 (Final)] 

Vanillin From China; 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 investigations Nos. 

701–TA–728 and 731–TA–1697 (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 vanillin from China, 

provided for in subheadings 2912.41.00 

and 2912.42.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States, 

preliminarily determined by the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’) 

to be subsidized and sold at less-thanfair-value. 

DATES: January 16, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caitlyn Costello (202–205–2058), 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 ‘‘vanillin, 

with the molecular formula C8H8O3 or 

C9H10O3. For purposes of this 

investigation, vanillin consists of 

natural vanillin, synthetic vanillin, biosourced synthetic vanillin (biovanillin) 

(each also known as 4-Hydroxy-3- 

methoxybenzaldehyde), and 

ethylvanillin (also known as 3-Ethoxy-4- 

hydroxybenzaldehyde). Vanillin 

covered by this investigation is a 

chemical compound with the Chemical 

Abstracts Service (CAS) number 121– 

33–5 or 121–32–4. Vanillin is covered 

by the investigation regardless of 

whether it is in a crystalline powder or 

crystal form. Vanillin is covered by the 

scope of the investigation, irrespective 

of purity, particle size, or physical 

form.’’ 

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 China of vanillin, 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 June 5, 

2024, by Solvay USA, LLC, Baton 

Rouge, Louisiana. 

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, 

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 14, 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, May 29, 2025. 

Requests to appear at the hearing should 

be filed in writing with the Secretary to 

the Commission on or before Thursday, 

May 22, 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 positive COVID–19 test result may 

be submitted by 3 p.m. 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 


khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 24 / Thursday, February 6, 2025 / Notices 9083 

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

Tuesday, May 27, 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 May 28, 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 May 21, 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 June 5, 

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 

June 5, 2025. On June 23, 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 June 25, 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. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02303 Filed 2–5–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1436] 

Certain Shapewear Garments; Notice 

of Institution of Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

complaint was filed with the U.S. 

International Trade Commission on 

December 31, 2024, under section 337 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on 

behalf of Spanx, LLC of Atlanta, 

Georgia. A supplement to the complaint 

was filed on January 22, 2025. The 

complaint, as supplemented, alleges 

violations of section 337 based upon the 

importation into the United States, the 

sale for importation, and the sale within 

the United States after importation of 

certain shapewear garments by reason of 

the infringement of certain claims of 

U.S. Patent No. 9,179,713 (‘‘the ’713 

patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 9,930,916 (‘‘the 

’916 patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 

10,455,866 (‘‘the ’866 patent’’); U.S. 

Patent No. D707,920 (‘‘the ’920 patent’’); 

U.S. Patent No. D796,780 (‘‘the ’780 

patent’’); and U.S. Patent No. D796,784 

(‘‘the ’784 patent’’). The complaint 

further alleges that an industry in the 

United States exists or is in the process 

of being established as required by the 

applicable Federal Statute. 

The complainant requests that the 

Commission institute an investigation 

and, after the investigation, issue a 

general exclusion order, or in the 

alternative a limited exclusion order, 

and cease and desist orders. 

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for 

any confidential information contained 

therein, may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help 

accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. Hearing impaired 

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 at 

https://www.usitc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pathenia M. Proctor, The Office of 

Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 

telephone (202) 205–2560. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: The authority for 

institution of this investigation is 

contained in section 337 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 

1337, and in section 210.10 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2025). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

January 31, 2025, ordered that— 

(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, an investigation be instituted 

to determine whether there is a 

violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of 

section 337 in the importation into the 

United States, the sale for importation, 

or the sale within the United States after 

importation of certain products 

identified in paragraph (2) by reason of 

infringement of one or more of claims 

1–20 of the ’713 patent; claims 1–4 of 

the ’916 patent; claims 1–11 of the ’866 

patent; the claim of the ’920 patent; the 

claim of the ’780 patent; and the claim 

of the ’784 patent, and whether an 

industry in the United States exists or 

is in the process of being established as 

required by subsection (a)(2) of section 

337; 

(2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the 

plain language description of the 

accused products or category of accused 

products, which defines the scope of the 

investigation, is ‘‘patterned shapewear 

garments, such as briefs, shorts, thongs, 

bodysuits, camisoles, tanks, and 

panties’’; 

(3) For the purpose of the 

investigation so instituted, the following 

are hereby named as parties upon which 

this notice of investigation shall be 

served: 


khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES