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existing knowledge to develop new or 

improved goods and services. 

Beginning in 2020, in an effort to 

reduce burden, BERD began rotating 

select content off the survey in 

alternating years. In 2020, questions 

related to detail of R&D performed by 

others, activities with academia, 

industries of business and specific 

federal agency funding R&D, and areas 

of application for R&D were removed 

from BERD. In 2021, all of those 

questions will be reintroduced to the 

survey and the Intellectual Property and 

Technology Transfer Section will be 

removed from the survey. 

Beginning in 2021, the BERD will 

revise its existing Capital Expenditures 

section to collect additional information 

on assets. Cognitive testing on these 

questions conducted by the Census 

Bureau in 2018 revealed that these 

questions pose no substantive impact on 

burden (the data requested are all 

readily available in most companies’ 

books) and would provide context on 

capital stock of R&D active companies 

not currently available in any other data 

source. 

The 2021–2023 BERD will continue to 

collect the following types of 

information: 

• R&D expense based on accepted 

accounting standards. 

• Worldwide R&D of domestic 

companies. 

• Business segment detail. 

• R&D-related capital expenditures. 

• Detailed data about the R&D 

workforce. 

• R&D strategy and data on the 

potential impact of R&D on the market. 

• R&D directed to application areas of 

particular national interest. 

• Data measuring intellectual 

property protection activities and 

technology transfer. 

Domestic and foreign researchers in 

academia, business, and government 

analyze and cite data from the BERD. 

Among the federal government users are 

the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) 

and the White House’s Office of Science 

and Technology Policy (OSTP). BEA 

includes R&D in the system of national 

accounts that measures the economic 

well-being of the country. BERD data are 

key inputs into these accounts, which 

feed into the calculation of the U.S. 

Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The 

White House, in 2006, issued the 

American Competitiveness Initiative to 

‘‘increase investments in research and 

development, strengthen education, and 

encourage entrepreneurship.’’ In 

support of this initiative and in 

response to legislative mandates, data 

on R&D are delivered to OSTP, 

primarily in the biennial National 

Science Board report Science and 

Engineering Indicators. Also, the 

National Science Foundation (NSF) 

produces a series of publications 

containing R&D data including the 

National Patterns of R&D Resources 

series, the S&E State Profile series, and 

the annual Business Enterprise Research 

and Development Survey series. Special 

reports and other publications are also 

prepared. 

II. Method of Collection 

BERD will follow a primarily 

electronic collection strategy. The form 

will be available on the website to assist 

respondents with gathering the required 

data prior to reporting online. Paper 

forms will also be sent to respondents 

upon request, however no paper forms 

will be included in initial mail packets. 

The online survey automatically skips 

questions that do not apply [based on 

previous responses] and checks for 

common errors. Links to detailed 

question-by-question instructions will 

be embedded in the electronic 

instrument. Excel spreadsheets are 

available to facilitate the electronic 

collection of information from various 

areas of the companies. Respondents 

have the capability to download the 

spreadsheets from the Census Bureau’s 

website. A consolidator spreadsheet is 

also available to assist companies that 

need to gather information from 

business units and then compile the 

information into one company report. 

The due date will be six weeks after 

mail out. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0912. 

Form Number(s): BRD–1. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

Request for a Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection. 

Affected Public: For-profit businesses 

with at least 10 paid employees. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

47,500. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

Hours and 37 Minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 124,450. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. (This is not the cost of 

respondents’ time, but the indirect costs 

respondents may incur for such things 

as purchases of specialized software or 

hardware needed to report, or 

expenditures for accounting or records 

maintenance services required 

specifically by the collection.) 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Sections 8(b), 131 and 182; Title 42, 

U.S.C. Sections 1861–76 (National 

Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 

amended). 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include, or 

summarize, each comment in our 

request to OMB to approve this ICR. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–48–2021] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 145—Shreveport, 

Louisiana, Application for 

Reorganization Under Alternative Site 

Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by 

the Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port 

Commission, grantee of FTZ 145, 

requesting authority to reorganize the 

zone under the alternative site 

framework (ASF) adopted by the FTZ 

Board (15 CFR 400.2(c)). The ASF is an 

option for grantees for the establishment 

or reorganization of zones and can 

permit significantly greater flexibility in 

the designation of new subzones or 


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1See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 

Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People’s Republic 

of China, the Federal Republic of Germany, India, 

Italy, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland: 

Antidumping Duty Orders; and Amended Final 

Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value for 

the People’s Republic of China and Switzerland, 83 

FR 26962 (June 11, 2018) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 

47734 (August 6, 2020). 

3See Pennar Industries Limited, ‘‘Withdrawal of 

Request for the Antidumping Duty of Pennar 

Industries Limited,’’ October 7, 2020. 

4See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 

Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: Partial 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2019–2020, 85 FR 68039 (October 27, 

2020). 

5Commerce is only reviewing entries that were 

produced, but not exported, by Goodluck, and/or 

entries that were exported, but not produced, by 

Goodluck. Pursuant to a Court of International 

Trade decision, effective May 10, 2020, Commerce 

excluded from the antidumping duty order certain 

cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy 

steel that was produced and exported by Goodluck. 

See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 

Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: Notice of Court 

Decision Not in Harmony with Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Notice of 

Amended Final Determination Pursuant to Court 

Decision; and Notice of Revocation of Antidumping 

Duty Order, in Part, 85 FR 31742 (May 27, 2020) 

(Timken Notice). 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from 

India: Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments; 2018–2019,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2019–2020,’’ dated 

February 9, 2021. 

‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/ 

users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service 

area’’ in the context of the FTZ Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

a zone. The application was submitted 

pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones 

Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 

part 400). It was formally docketed on 

June 22, 2021. 

FTZ 145 was approved by the FTZ 

Board on January 7, 1988 (Board Order 

370, 53 FR 1503, January 20, 1988) and 

expanded on March 25, 1996 (Board 

Order 809, 61 FR 15217, April 5, 1996). 

The current zone includes the following 

sites: Site 1 (262 acres)—Shreveport 

Industrial Park, 2929 Baird Road, 

Shreveport; and, Site 2 (2,000 acres)— 

Port of Shreveport-Bossier Terminal 

Complex, 6000 Doug Attaway 

Boulevard, Shreveport. 

The grantee’s proposed service area 

under the ASF would be Caddo and 

Bossier Parishes, Louisiana, as 

described in the application. If 

approved, the grantee would be able to 

serve sites throughout the service area 

based on companies’ needs for FTZ 

designation. The application indicates 

that the proposed service area is within 

and adjacent to the Shreveport Customs 

and Border Protection port of entry. 

The applicant is requesting authority 

to reorganize its existing zone to include 

both of the existing sites as ‘‘magnet’’ 

sites. The ASF allows for the possible 

exemption of one magnet site from the 

‘‘sunset’’ time limits that generally 

apply to sites under the ASF, and the 

applicant proposes that Site 2 be so 

exempted. No subzones/usage-driven 

sites are being requested at this time. 

The application would have no impact 

on FTZ 145’s previously authorized 

subzones. 

In accordance with the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, Camille Evans of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to evaluate 

and analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the FTZ Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive 

Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The 

closing period for their receipt is August 

27, 2021. Rebuttal comments in 

response to material submitted during 

the foregoing period may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period to 

September 13, 2021. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ 

Board’s website, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Camille Evans at Camille.Evans@

trade.gov. 

Dated: June 23, 2021. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13706 Filed 6–25–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–873] 

Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing 

of Carbon and Alloy Steel From India: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2019– 

2020 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that sales of certain cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy 

steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing) 

from India were made at less than 

normal value during the period of 

review (POR) June 1, 2019, through May 

31, 2020. We invite interested parties to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable June 28, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexis Cherry or Samantha Kinney, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VIII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0607 or 

(202) 482–2285, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 11, 2018, Commerce 

published the antidumping duty order 

on cold-drawn mechanical tubing from 

India.1 On August 6, 2020, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(i), 

Commerce initiated an administrative 

review of the Order, covering three 

producers/exporters.2 On October 7, 

2020, Pennar Industries Limited (a 

mandatory respondent) withdrew its 

request for administrative review of 

itself.3 Based on this request, we 

rescinded this review with respect to 

Pennar Industries Limited, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).4

The administrative review remains 

active with respect to the two remaining 

companies for which a review was 

initiated, i.e., Goodluck India Limited 

(Goodluck) 5 and Tube Products of 

India, Ltd., a unit of Tube Investments 

of India Limited (collectively, TII). For 

details regarding the events that 

followed the initiation of this review, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.6

Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

Commerce determined that it was not 

practicable to complete the preliminary 

results of this review within 245 days 

and extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this review by 120 

days, until June 30, 2021.7

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by this Order is 

cold-drawn mechanical tubing from 

India. For a full description of the 

scope, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Act. For a full description of the 

methodology underlying these 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 


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