[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 114 (Friday, June 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35899-35900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12759]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
RIN 0694-XC062
Extension of Deadline for Public Comments for Section 232
National Security Investigation of Imports of Laminations for Stacked
Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Stacked Cores for
Incorporation Into Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation Into
Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Technology
Evaluation, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTIONS: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On May 19, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
published the Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232
National Security Investigation of Imports of Laminations for Stacked
Cores for Incorporation into Transformers, Stacked Cores for
Incorporation into Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation into
Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators.
Today's notice extends the deadline for written comments to July 3,
2020 and for rebuttal comments to July 24, 2020.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published May 19, 2020
at 85 FR 29926, is extended until July 3, 2020. The due date for
rebuttal comments is July 24, 2020. Rebuttal comments may only address
issues raised in comments filed on or before July 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submissions: All written comments on the notice must be
addressed to Section 232 Electrical Steel Investigation and filed
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. To
submit comments via http://www.regulations.gov, enter docket number
BIS-2020-0015 on the home page and click ``search.'' The site will
provide a search results page listing all documents associated with
this docket. Find a reference to this notice and click on the link
entitled ``Comment Now!'' (For further information on using http://www.regulations.gov, please consult the resources provided on the
website by clicking on ``How to Use This Site.'')
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Industrial Studies Division, Bureau of
Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (202) 482-4952,
[email protected]. For more information about the section 232
program, including the regulations and the text of previous
investigations, please see www.bis.doc.gov/232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 19, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
published the Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232
National Security Investigation of Imports of Laminations for Stacked
Cores for Incorporation into Transformers, Stacked Cores for
Incorporation Into Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation Into
Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators (85
FR 29926). The May 19 notice specified that on May 11, 2020, based on
inquiries and requests from interested parties in the United States,
including multiple Members of Congress, a domestic Grain-Oriented
Electrical Steel (GOES) manufacturer, and producers of Power and
Distribution Transformers, the Secretary of Commerce had initiated an
investigation to determine the effects on the national security of
imports of Laminations for Stacked Cores for Incorporation into
Transformers, Stacked Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Wound
Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and
Transformer Regulators. This investigation was initiated under section
232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862).
See the May 19 notice for additional details on the investigation and
the request for public comments.
Extension of Comment Period Deadline
The May 19 notice included a comment period deadline of June 9,
2020 and a rebuttal comment deadline of June 19, 2020. The Department
received two requests from the public to extend the comment period
deadline, both from trade associations. The Department of Commerce has
determined at this time that it is warranted to extend the comment
period by twenty-four calendar days and the rebuttal comment period by
an additional twenty-one days after the comment period ends. Today's
notice specifies that comments may be submitted at any time but must be
received by July 3, 2020, to be considered in the drafting of the final
report. The due date for rebuttal comments is July 24, 2020, to be
considered in the drafting of the final report. Rebuttal comments may
only address issues raised in comments filed on or before July 3, 2020.
Today's notice extends the comment period by twenty-four days and
the rebuttal comment period by an additional twenty-one days after the
end of the comment period to allow for additional time for the public
to submit comments to be considered in the drafting of the final report
on the investigation of imports of Laminations for Stacked Cores for
Incorporation into Transformers, Stacked Cores for Incorporation Into
Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation Into
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Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-12759 Filed 6-9-20; 4:15 pm]
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