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and cease and desist orders in this 

investigation would affect the public 

health and welfare in the United States, 

competitive conditions in the United 

States economy, the production of like 

or directly competitive articles in the 

United States, or United States 

consumers. 

In particular, the Commission is 

interested in comments that: 

(i) Explain how the articles 

potentially subject to the recommended 

orders are used in the United States; 

(ii) identify any public health, safety, 

or welfare concerns in the United States 

relating to the recommended orders; 

(iii) identify like or directly 

competitive articles that complainant, 

its licensees, or third parties make in the 

United States which could replace the 

subject articles if they were to be 

excluded; 

(iv) indicate whether complainant, 

complainant’s licensees, and/or third 

party suppliers have the capacity to 

replace the volume of articles 

potentially subject to the recommended 

exclusion order and/or a cease and 

desist order within a commercially 

reasonable time; and 

(v) explain how the limited exclusion 

order and cease and desist orders would 

impact consumers in the United States. 

Written submissions from the public 

must be filed no later than by close of 

business on November 29, 2017. 

Persons filing written submissions 

must file the original document 

electronically on or before the deadlines 

stated above and submit 8 true paper 

copies to the Office of the Secretary by 

noon the next day pursuant to section 

210.4(f) of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 

210.4(f)). Submissions should refer to 

the investigation number (‘‘Inv. No. 

337–TA–1016’’) in a prominent place on 

the cover page and/or the first page. (See 

Handbook for Electronic Filing 

Procedures, https://www.usitc.gov/ 

secretary/documents/handbook_on_

filing_procedures.pdf). Persons with 

questions regarding filing should 

contact the Secretary (202–205–2000). 

Any person desiring to submit a 

document to the Commission in 

confidence must request confidential 

treatment. All such requests should be 

directed to the Secretary to the 

Commission and must include a full 

statement of the reasons why the 

Commission should grant such 

treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents 

for which confidential treatment by the 

Commission is properly sought will be 

treated accordingly. A redacted nonconfidential version of the document 

must also be filed simultaneously with 

any confidential filing. All nonconfidential written submissions will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Secretary and on EDIS. 

This action is taken under the 

authority of 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. 

Issued: October 25, 2017. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23605 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1003] 

Certain Composite Aerogel Insulation 

Materials and Methods for 

Manufacturing the Same; Notice of 

Request for Statements on the Public 

Interest 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the presiding administrative law judge 

(‘‘ALJ’’) has issued a Final Initial 

Determination and Recommended 

Determination on Remedy and Bonding 

in the above-captioned investigation. 

The Commission is soliciting comments 

on public interest issues raised by the 

recommended relief should the 

Commission find a violation. The ALJ 

recommended only a limited exclusion 

order with a certification provision 

prohibiting the entry of certain 

composite aerogel insulation materials 

manufactured abroad by or on behalf of 

Respondent Nano Tech Co., Ltd. of 

Zhejiang, China, and Respondent 

Guangdong Alison Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. of 

Guangzhou, China, that infringe certain 

claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,078,359, 

and/or that are manufactured using 

certain claimed methods of U.S. Patent 

Nos. 6,989,123 and 7,780,890. This 

notice is soliciting public interest 

comments from the public only. Parties 

are to file public interest submissions 

pursuant to Commission rules. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cathy Chen, Esq., Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

205–2392. 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 https://www.usitc.gov. 

The public record for this investigation 

may be viewed on the Commission’s 

electronic docket (EDIS) at https://

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: Section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 provides 

that if the Commission finds a violation 

it shall exclude the articles concerned 

from the United States: 

unless, after considering the effect of such 

exclusion upon the public health and 

welfare, competitive conditions in the United 

States economy, the production of like or 

directly competitive articles in the United 

States, and United States consumers, it finds 

that such articles should not be excluded 

from entry. 

19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1). 

The Commission is interested in 

further development of the record on 

the public interest in its investigations. 

Accordingly, parties are to file public 

interest submissions pursuant to 19 CFR 

210.50(a)(4). In addition, members of 

the public are hereby invited to file 

submissions of no more than five (5) 

pages, inclusive of attachments, 

concerning the public interest in light of 

the administrative law judge’s 

Recommended Determination on 

Remedy and Bonding issued in this 

investigation on September 29, 2017. 

Comments should address whether 

issuance of a limited exclusion order in 

this investigation would affect the 

public health and welfare in the United 

States, competitive conditions in the 

United States economy, the production 

of like or directly competitive articles in 

the United States, or United States 

consumers. 

In particular, the Commission is 

interested in comments that: 

(i) Explain how the articles 

potentially subject to the recommended 

orders are used in the United States; 

(ii) identify any public health, safety, 

or welfare concerns in the United States 

relating to the recommended orders; 

(iii) indicate the extent to which like 

or directly competitive articles are 

produced in the United States or are 

otherwise available in the United States, 

with respect to the articles potentially 

subject to the recommended orders; 

(iv) indicate whether complainant, 

complainant’s licensees, and/or third 


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party suppliers have the capacity to 

replace the volume of articles 

potentially subject to the recommended 

orders within a commercially 

reasonable time; and 

(v) explain how the recommended 

orders would impact consumers in the 

United States. 

Written submissions must be filed no 

later than by close of business on 

November 24, 2017. 

Persons filing written submissions 

must file the original document 

electronically on or before the deadlines 

stated above and submit 8 true paper 

copies to the Office of the Secretary by 

noon the next day pursuant to 

Commission Rule 210.4(f), 19 CFR 

210.4(f). Submissions should refer to the 

investigation number (‘‘Inv. No. 1003’’) 

in a prominent place on the cover page 

and/or the first page. (See Handbook for 

Electronic Filing Procedures, http://

www.usitc.gov/secretary/fed_reg_

notices/rules/handbook_on_electronic_

filing.pdf). Persons with questions 

regarding filing should contact the 

Secretary, (202) 205–2000. 

Any person desiring to submit a 

document to the Commission in 

confidence must request confidential 

treatment. All such requests should be 

directed to the Secretary to the 

Commission and must include a full 

statement of the reasons why the 

Commission should grant such 

treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents 

for which confidential treatment by the 

Commission is properly sought will be 

treated accordingly. All information, 

including confidential business 

information and documents for which 

confidential treatment is properly 

sought, submitted to the Commission for 

purposes of 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. All contract personnel will 

sign appropriate nondisclosure 

agreements. All non-confidential 

written submissions will be available for 

public inspection at the Office of the 

Secretary and on EDIS. 

This action is taken under the 

authority of 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 

210. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: October 25, 2017. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23604 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—IMS Global Learning 

Consortium, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

October 6, 2017, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), IMS 

Global Learning Consortium, Inc. (‘‘IMS 

Global’’) has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Central Massachusetts 

Collaborative, Worcester, MA; Colorado 

Technical University, Schaumburg, IL; 

Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, Berlin, 

GERMANY; Delaware Department of 

Education, Dover, DE; Henry County 

Schools, McDonough, GA; Knovation, 

Inc., Cincinnati, OH; and New Meridian 

Corporation (PARCC Consortium), 

Austin, TX, have been added as parties 

to this venture. 

Also, PARCC, Inc., Washington, DC; 

WEDU COMMUNICATIONS, Seoul, 

REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Pacific Metrics, 

Monterey, CA; and Fidelis Inc., 

Redwood City, CA, have withdrawn as 

parties to this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and IMS Global 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On April 7, 2000, IMS Global filed its 

original notification pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the Act. The Department of 

Justice published a notice in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on September 13, 2000 (65 FR 

55283). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on July 10, 2017. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on July 25, 2017 (82 FR 34550). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23692 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—OpenDaylight Project, 

Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

October 6, 2017, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

OpenDaylight Project, Inc. 

(‘‘OpenDaylight’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Brocade Communications 

Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Dell Inc., 

Round Rock, TX; Microsoft Corporation, 

Redmond, WA; Coriant GMBH, Munich, 

GERMANY; Avaya Inc., Santa Clara, 

CA; IIX Inc., Palo Alto, CA; and Lenovo, 

Santa Clara, CA, have withdrawn as 

parties to this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and OpenDaylight 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On May 23, 2013, OpenDaylight filed 

its original notification pursuant to 

Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department 

of Justice published a notice in the 

Federal Register pursuant to Section 

6(b) of the Act on July 1, 2013 (78 FR 

39326). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on July 26, 2017. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on August 28, 2017 (82 FR 40805). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23688 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

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