Certain Multi-Stage Fuel Vapor Canister Systems and Activated Carbon Components Thereof; Notice of Request for Statements on the Public Interest

Lisa Barton
International Trade Commission
5 February 2020

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6572-6573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02168]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1140]


Certain Multi-Stage Fuel Vapor Canister Systems and Activated 
Carbon Components Thereof; Notice of Request for Statements on the 
Public Interest

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the presiding administrative law 
judge (``ALJ'') has issued a recommended determination on remedy and 
bonding should a violation be found in the above-captioned 
investigation. The Commission is soliciting submissions on public 
interest issues raised by the recommended limited exclusion order 
against certain multi-stage fuel vapor canister systems and activated 
carbon components thereof imported or sold for importation by 
respondents MAHLE Filter Systems North America, Inc.; MAHLE Filter 
Systems Japan Corp.; MAHLE Sistemas de Filtraci[oacute]n de Mexico S.A. 
de C.V.; MAHLE Filter Systems Canada, ULC; Kuraray Co., Ltd.; Calgon 
Carbon Corporation (referred to herein together with Kuraray Co., Ltd. 
as ``Kuraray''); and Nagamine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. The Commission is 
also soliciting submissions on public interest issues raised by the 
cease and desist order recommended to be issued against Kuraray. This 
notice is soliciting comments from the public only. Parties are to file 
public interest submissions pursuant to 19 CFR 210.50(a)(4).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Traud, Office of the General 
Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-3427. 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.

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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 (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for this investigation may be viewed 
on the Commission's Electronic Docket Information System (``EDIS'') 
(https://edis.usitc.gov). Hearing-impaired persons are advised that 
information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the 
Commission's TDD terminal, telephone (202) 205-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(``Section 337'') 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). A similar provision applies to cease and 
desist orders. 19 U.S.C. 1337(f)(1).
    The Commission is interested in further development of the record 
on the public interest in this investigation. Accordingly, members of 
the public are invited to file submissions of no more than five (5) 
pages, inclusive of attachments, concerning the public interest in 
light of the ALJ's recommended determination on remedy and bonding 
issued in this investigation on January 28, 2020. Comments should 
address whether issuance of the recommended remedial 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 
remedial orders are used in the United States;
    (ii) identify any public health, safety, or welfare concerns in the 
United States relating to the recommended remedial orders;
    (iii) identify like or directly competitive articles that 
complainants, their licensees, or third parties make in the United 
States which could replace the subject articles if they were to be 
excluded;
    (iv) indicate whether complainants, complainants' licensees, and/or 
third party suppliers have the capacity to replace the volume of 
articles potentially subject to the recommended remedial orders within 
a commercially reasonable time; and
    (v) explain how the recommended remedial orders would impact 
consumers in the United States.
    Written submissions must be filed no later than by close of 
business on March 2, 2020. 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-1140'') 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. 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.
    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.

    Issued: January 30, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020-02168 Filed 2-4-20; 8:45 am]
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