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U.S. Services Trade is now available 

online at http://www.usitc.gov. 

The initial notice of institution of this 

investigation was published in the 

Federal Register on September 8, 1993 

(58 FR 47287) and provided for what is 

now the report on merchandise trade. 

The Commission expanded the scope of 

the investigation to cover services trade 

in a separate report, which it announced 

in a notice published in the Federal 

Register on December 28, 1994 (59 FR 

66974). The separate report on services 

trade has been published annually since 

1996, except in 2005. As in past years, 

the report will summarize trade in 

services in the aggregate and provide 

analyses of trends and developments in 

selected services industries during the 

latest period for which data are 

published by the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Bureau of Economic 

Analysis. As indicated above, the 2016 

report will focus on trade in financial 

services (banking, insurance, and 

securities services). 

Written Submissions: Interested 

parties are invited to file written 

submissions and other information 

concerning the matters to be addressed 

by the Commission in its 2016 report. 

For the 2016 report, the Commission is 

particularly interested in receiving 

information relating to trade in financial 

services (banking, insurance, and 

securities services). Submissions should 

be addressed to the Secretary. To be 

assured of consideration by the 

Commission, written submissions 

related to the Commission’s report 

should be submitted at the earliest 

practical date and should be received 

not later than 5:15 p.m., March 30, 2016. 

All written submissions must conform 

with the provisions of section 201.8 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 

and the Commission’s Handbook on 

Filing Procedures require that interested 

parties file documents electronically on 

or before the filing deadline and submit 

eight (8) true paper copies by 12:00 p.m. 

eastern time on the next business day. 

In the event that confidential treatment 

of a document is requested, interested 

parties must file, at the same time as the 

eight paper copies, at least four (4) 

additional true paper copies in which 

the confidential information must be 

deleted (see the paragraph below for 

further information regarding 

confidential business information). 

Persons with questions regarding 

electronic filing should contact the 

Office of the Secretary, Docket Services 

Division (202–205–1802). 

Any submissions that contain 

confidential business information (CBI) 

must also conform with the 

requirements in section 201.6 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section 201.6 

of the rules requires that the cover of the 

document and the individual pages be 

clearly marked as to whether they are 

confidential or non-confidential, and 

that the confidential business 

information be clearly identified by 

means of brackets. All written 

submissions, except for confidential 

business information, will be made 

available for inspection by interested 

parties. 

The Commission intends to prepare 

only a public report in this 

investigation. The report that the 

Commission makes available to the 

public will not contain confidential 

business information. However, all 

information, including confidential 

business information, submitted in this 

investigation may be disclosed to and 

used: (i) By the Commission, its 

employees and Offices, and contract 

personnel (a) for developing or 

maintaining the records of this or a 

related proceeding, or (b) in internal 

investigations, audits, reviews, and 

evaluations relating to the programs, 

personnel, and operations of the 

Commission including under 5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government 

employees and contract personnel 

solely for cybersecurity purposes. The 

Commission will not otherwise disclose 

any confidential business information in 

a manner that would reveal the 

operations of the firm supplying the 

information. 

Summaries of Written Submissions: 

The Commission intends to publish 

summaries of the positions of interested 

persons in this report. If you wish to 

have a summary of your position 

included in an appendix of the report, 

please include a summary with your 

written submission. The summary may 

not exceed 500 words, should be in 

MSWord format or a format that can be 

easily converted to MSWord, and 

should not include any confidential 

business information. The summary will 

be published as provided if it meets 

these requirements and is germane to 

the subject matter of the investigation. 

In the report the Commission will 

identify the name of the organization 

furnishing the summary, and will 

include a link to the Commission’s 

Electronic Document Information 

System (EDIS) where the full written 

submission can be found. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: January 29, 2016. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02012 Filed 2–3–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–954] 

Certain Variable Valve Actuation 

Devices and Automobiles Containing 

the Same; Commission Determination 

Not To Review an Initial Determination 

Terminating the Investigation; 

Termination of the Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined not to 

review the presiding administrative law 

judge’s (‘‘ALJ’’) initial determination 

(‘‘ID’’) (Order No. 16) terminating the 

above-captioned investigation. The 

Commission has determined to 

terminate the investigation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Clint Gerdine, Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

708–2310. Copies of non-confidential 

documents filed in connection with this 

investigation are or will be available for 

inspection during official business 

hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20436, 

telephone (202) 205–2000. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server at http://www.usitc.gov. 

The public record for this investigation 

may be viewed on the Commission’s 

electronic docket (EDIS) at http://

edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired 

persons are advised that information on 

this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on (202) 205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission instituted this investigation 

on April 14, 2015, based on an amended 

complaint filed by Jacobs Vehicle 

Systems, Inc. of Bloomfield, 

Connecticut. 80 FR 20012 (Apr. 14, 

2015). The complaint alleged violations 

of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, by reason 

of infringement of certain claims of U.S. 

Patent Nos.: 6,474,277; 6,883,492 (‘‘the 

’492 patent’’); 5,829,397 (‘‘the ’397 


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patent’’); 8,776,738; 8,820,276 (‘‘the ’276 

patent’’); and 7,059,282 (‘‘the ’282 

patent’’). The complaint further alleged 

that a domestic industry exists or is in 

the process of being established. The 

Commission’s Notice of Investigation 

named the following respondents: Fiat 

Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (‘‘Fiat’’) of 

Slough, United Kingdom; FCA US LLC 

of Auburn Hills, Michigan; FCA Mexico, 

S.A. de C.V. of Sante Fe, Mexico; FCA 

Melfi S.p.A. of Melfi, Italy; and FCA 

Serbia d.o.o. Kragujevac of Kragujevac, 

Serbia. The Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations is not participating in the 

investigation. Respondent Fiat and the 

following patents and patent claims 

were later terminated from the 

investigation: (1) The ’397 patent (ALJ’s 

Order No. 6, unreviewed, Comm’n 

Notice Aug. 18, 2015); (2) the ’492 

patent (ALJ’s Order No. 8, unreviewed, 

Comm’n Notice Oct. 26, 2015); (3) 

Claims 3, 5, 13–16, 18–19, 22, 35–36, 

38–44, 46–48, 50, and 54–56 of the ’738 

patent; claims 1–5, 7, 10, 19–23, and 

26–28 of the ’276 patent; and Fiat (see 

ALJ’s Order No. 13, unreviewed, 

Comm’n Notice Dec. 21, 2015); and (4) 

the ’282 patent (see ALJ’s Order No. 15, 

unreviewed, Comm’n Notice Jan. 29, 

2016). 

On January 6, 2016, complainant 

moved for termination of the 

investigation based on withdrawal of 

the complaint. No party opposed the 

motion. 

On January 7, 2016, the ALJ issued 

the subject ID (Order No. 16) granting 

complainant’s motion and finding that 

the motion for termination satisfies 

Commission Rule 210.21(a)(1) and that 

no ‘‘extraordinary circumstances’’ exist 

that would preclude granting the 

motion. No party petitioned for review 

of the ID. 

The Commission has determined not 

to review the ID and the Commission 

has terminated the investigation. 

The authority for the Commission’s 

determination is contained in section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in part 

210 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part 

210). 

By order of the Commission. 

Dated: January 29, 2016. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02018 Filed 2–3–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–556 and 731– 

TA–1311 (Preliminary)] 

Truck and Bus Tires From China; 

Institution of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations and 

Scheduling of Preliminary Phase 

Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the institution of investigations 

and commencement of preliminary 

phase antidumping and countervailing 

duty investigation Nos. 701–TA–556 

and 731–TA–1311 (Preliminary) 

pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the 

Act’’) to determine whether there is a 

reasonable indication that 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 truck and bus tires from 

China, provided for in statistical 

reporting numbers 4011.20.1015 and 

4011.20.5020 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States, that are 

alleged to be sold in the United States 

at less than fair value and alleged to be 

subsidized by the Government of China. 

Unless the Department of Commerce 

extends the time for initiation, the 

Commission must reach a preliminary 

determination in antidumping and 

countervailing duty investigations in 45 

days, or in this case by March 14, 2016. 

The Commission’s views must be 

transmitted to Commerce within five 

business days thereafter, or by March 

21, 2016. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 29, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathanael N. Comly, 202–205–3174, 

Office of Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. 

Hearing-impaired 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 (http://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

this investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background. These investigations are 

being instituted, pursuant to sections 

703(a) and 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 

1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a) and 1673b(a)), 

in response to a petition filed on 

January 29, 2016, by United Steel, Paper 

and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, 

Energy, Allied Industrial and Service 

Workers International Union, Pittsburg, 

PA. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of these investigations 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 B (19 CFR part 207). 

Participation in the investigation and 

public service list. Persons (other than 

petitioners) wishing to participate in the 

investigations as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the 

Commission’s rules, not later than seven 

days after publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Industrial users 

and (if the merchandise under 

investigation is sold at the retail level) 

representative consumer organizations 

have the right to appear as parties in 

Commission antidumping duty and 

countervailing duty investigations. The 

Secretary will prepare a public service 

list containing the names and addresses 

of all persons, or their representatives, 

who are parties to these investigations 

upon the expiration of the period for 

filing entries of appearance. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list. Pursuant to section 

207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the 

Secretary will make BPI gathered in 

these investigations available to 

authorized applicants representing 

interested parties (as defined in 19 

U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are parties to the 

investigations under the APO issued in 

the investigations, provided that the 

application is made not later than seven 

days after the publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Conference. The Commission’s 

Director of Investigations has scheduled 

a conference in connection with these 

investigations for 9:30 a.m. on February 

19, 2016, at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC. Requests to appear at 

the conference should be emailed to 

William.bishop@usitc.gov and 

Sharon.bellamy@usitc.gov (do not file 

on EDIS) on or before February 17, 2016. 


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