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1See Antidumping Duty Order: Sulfanilic Acid 

from the People’s Republic from China, 57 FR 

37524 (August 19, 1992). 

2See Antidumping Duty Order: Sulfanilic Acid 

from India, 58 FR 12025 (March 2, 1993); see also 

Countervailing Duty Order: Sulfanilic Acid from 

India, 58 FR 12026 (March 2, 1993). 

3See Sulfanilic Acid from India and the People’s 

Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping 

Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 82 FR 21520 

(May 9, 2017) (2017 Continuation Notice). 

4See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 87 

FR 19069 (April 1, 2022) (Initiation Notice). 

5The fifteen-day deadline fell on Saturday, April 

16, 2022. Commerce’s practice dictates that where 

a deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, 

the appropriate deadline is the next business day, 

in this case Monday, April 18, 2022. See Notice of 

Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’ 

Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines 

Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 

FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). 

6On April 22, 2022, the domestic interested party 

attempted to file an untimely notice of intent to 

participate in these sunset reviews, which 

Commerce rejected as untimely. See Commerce’s 

Letter, ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Orders on Sulfanilic Acid from 

India and the People’s Republic of China and 

Countervailing Duty Order on Sulfanilic Acid from 

India: Rejection of Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ 

dated April 29, 2022. 

7See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews for 

April 1, 2022,’’ dated April 22, 2022. 

Contractors may request Special 

Priorities Assistance (SPA) when 

placing rated orders with suppliers, to 

obtain timely delivery of products, 

materials, or services from suppliers, or 

for any other reason under the DPAS, in 

support of approved national programs. 

The Form BIS–999 is used to apply for 

such assistance. 

II. Method of Collection 

Paper or Electronic. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0694–0057. 

Form Number(s): BIS –999. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,200. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 600. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: 0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title I of the Defense 

Production Act. 

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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–815, A–533–806, C–533–807] 

Antidumping Duty Orders on Sulfanilic 

Acid From India and the People’s 

Republic of China and Countervailing 

Duty Order on Sulfanilic Acid From 

India: Final Results of Sunset Reviews 

and Revocation of Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On April 1, 2022, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

initiated the fifth sunset reviews of the 

antidumping duty (AD) orders on 

sulfanilic acid from India and the 

People’s Republic of China (China) and 

the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

sulfanilic acid from India. Because no 

domestic interested party filed a timely 

notice of intent to participate in these 

sunset reviews, Commerce is revoking 

the AD orders on sulfanilic acid from 

India and China and the CVD order on 

sulfanilic acid from India. 

DATES: Applicable May 9, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brendan Quinn, 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) 482–5848. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 19, 1992, Commerce 

issued the AD order on sulfanilic acid 

from China 1 and on March 2, 1993, 

Commerce issued the AD and CVD 

orders on sulfanilic acid from India 2

(collectively, the Orders). On May 9, 

2017, Commerce published the most 

recent continuation of the Orders.3 On 

April 1, 2022, Commerce initiated the 

current sunset reviews of the Orders 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 

19 CFR 351.218(c).4

We did not receive a timely notice of 

intent to participate in these sunset 

reviews from any domestic interested 

party within fifteen days 5 of the 

publication of the Initiation Notice in 

the Federal Register, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).6 Pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(A), a domestic 

interested party that does not file a 

notice of intent to participate in the 

sunset review will be considered not 

willing to participate in the review. As 

a result, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(1), Commerce 

concludes that no domestic interested 

party responded to the notice of 

initiation under section 751(c)(3)(A) of 

the Act. On April 22, 2022, Commerce 

notified the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) in writing that we 

intended to revoke the Orders, 

consistent with 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B).7

Scope of the Orders 

Imports covered by the Orders are all 

grades of sulfanilic acid, which include 

technical (or crude) sulfanilic acid, 

refined (or purified) sulfanilic acid and 

sodium salt of sulfanilic acid. 

Sulfanilic acid is a synthetic organic 

chemical produced from the direct 

sulfonation of aniline with sulfuric acid. 

Sulfanilic acid is used as a raw material 

in the production of optical brighteners, 

food colors, specialty dyes, and concrete 

additives. The principal differences 

between the grades are the undesirable 

quantities of residual aniline and alkali 

insoluble materials present in the 

sulfanilic acid. All grades are available 

as dry, free flowing powders. 

Technical sulfanilic acid, classifiable 

under the subheading 2921.42.22 of the 


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8See 2017 Continuation Notice. 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), 

contains 96 percent minimum sulfanilic 

acid, 1.0 percent maximum aniline, and 

1.0 percent maximum alkali insoluble 

materials. Refined sulfanilic acid, also 

classifiable under the subheading 

2921.42.22 of the HTS, contains 98 

percent minimum sulfanilic acid, 0.5 

percent maximum aniline and 0.25 

percent maximum alkali insoluble 

materials. 

Sodium salt (sodium sulfanilate), 

classifiable under the HTS subheading 

2921.42.90, is a powder, granular or 

crystalline material which contains 75 

percent minimum equivalent sulfanilic 

acid, 0.5 percent maximum aniline 

based on the equivalent sulfanilic acid 

content, and 0.25 percent maximum 

alkali insoluble materials based on the 

equivalent sulfanilic acid content. 

Although the HTS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, our written description of the 

scope of these proceedings is 

dispositive. 

Revocation 

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

Act and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), 

if no domestic interested party responds 

to a notice of initiation, Commerce 

shall, within 90 days after the initiation 

of review, revoke the order. Because no 

domestic interested party timely filed a 

notice of intent to participate in these 

sunset reviews, we determine that no 

domestic interested party is 

participating in these sunset reviews. 

Therefore, consistent with the section 

751(c)(3)(A) of the Act, 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), and 19 CFR 

351.222(i)(1)(i), we are revoking the 

Orders. 

Effective Date of Revocation 

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

Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), 

Commerce intends to instruct CBP to 

terminate the suspension of liquidation 

of the merchandise subject to the Orders 

entered, or withdrawn from the 

warehouse, on or after May 9, 2022, the 

fifth anniversary of the date of 

publication of the last continuation 

notice of the Orders.8 Entries of subject 

merchandise prior to the effective date 

of revocation will continue to be subject 

to suspension of liquidation and AD and 

CVD deposit requirements. Commerce 

will conduct administrative reviews of 

subject merchandise entered prior to the 

effective date of revocation in response 

to appropriately filed requests for 

reviews. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3) and 19 CFR 

351.222(i)(1)(1). 

Dated: June 7, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Low Carbon Cements and Concretes 

Consortium 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of research consortium. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), an 

agency of the United States Department 

of Commerce, in support of efforts to 

develop standards for low carbon 

construction materials, is establishing 

the Low Carbon Cements and Concretes 

Consortium (‘‘Consortium’’). The 

Consortium will bring together 

stakeholders to identify and address 

measurement and standards needs 

related to low carbon cements and 

concretes used to reduce the overall 

greenhouse gas emissions from cement 

and concrete products. The Consortium 

efforts are intended to develop 

measurement solutions and standards to 

improve measurement confidence, 

establish measurement traceability, and 

enable comparability in the 

measurements to quantify carbon and 

carbonate in low carbon cements and 

concretes. Participants will be required 

to sign a Cooperative Research and 

Development Agreement (CRADA). 

DATES: The Consortium’s activities will 

commence on June 1, 2022 

(‘‘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. 

Pamela Chu, Chemical Sciences 

Division of NIST’s Material 

Measurement Laboratory, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Mail Stop 8320, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899, or via electronic mail 

to lowcarbonconcrete@nist.gov, or by 

telephone at (301) 975–2988. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

J’aime Maynard, CRADA Administrator, 

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 

Jaime.maynard@nist.gov, or by 

telephone at (301) 975–8408. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cement is 

one of the most widely used materials 

and a critical component of roads, 

bridges, and buildings. Cement 

manufacturing is also a major 

contributor to carbon dioxide (CO2) 

emissions through both energy use and 

calcination reactions. To help meet net 

zero climate goals, industry is 

developing a variety of techniques to 

reduce the net amount of CO2 emitted 

from cement and concrete 

manufacturing. For example, one 

approach is to change the composition 

of the cement to reduce the total 

manufacturing process emissions. 

Another approach is to take advantage 

of carbonation, the uptake of CO2, by 

curing concrete under a CO2 atmosphere 

or injecting CO2 during the mixing 

process. 

The initial focus of this consortium is 

to evaluate, develop, and standardize 

methods to characterize and quantify 

the carbon and carbonates in new low 

carbon cements and concretes. Test 

methods to specifically measure carbon 

in these materials will be explored. A 

later focus of the consortium will be to 

evaluate the suitability of current 

measurement standards to measure the 

material, mechanical, structural, and 

durability properties and, where 

appropriate, develop new test methods 

needed to help enable acceptance of 

new low carbon cements and concretes 

in the marketplace. NIST and industrial 

partners will perform research together 

with the following four goals: 

• Evaluate the suitability of current 

ASTM standards to measure carbon, 

including specifically measuring carbon 

in cements, concretes, and the 

associated starting materials such as 

aggregates. 

• Accurately measure the amount of 

carbon uptake by a material during CO2- 

curing processes. Validate the 

robustness and repeatability of the 

measurement method. 

• Use these measurements as a 

foundation to propose tests(s) that can 

be standardized through the ASTM 

consensus process. 

• Evaluate the applicability of current 

material, mechanical, structural, and 

durability tests used for cements and 

concretes to new low carbon cements 

and concretes. If needed, develop new 


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