[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32341-32342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13733]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
19 CFR Part 351
[Docket No. 100602237-0237-01]
Import Administration IA ACCESS Pilot Program
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Public notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is creating a
pilot program to test an electronic filing system in certain
antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) proceedings. In
addition, the Department is requesting comments from parties on this
pilot program.
DATES: Effective Date: The pilot program will be in effect from July 1,
2010, through September 30, 2010.
Comments Due Date: Comments on the Department's conduct of the
pilot program for electronic filing should be submitted either
electronically or manually no later than 30 days after the publication
of this notice in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.Regulations.gov.
All comments must be submitted into Docket Number ITA-2010-XXXX. All
comments should refer to RIN 0625-AA84.
Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: Please submit the original
and two copies of comments to the Secretary of Commerce, Attn:
Evangeline Keenan, Import Administration, APO/Dockets Unit, Room 1870,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Constitution Avenue and 14th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
E-mail: Comments may be submitted electronically via e-
mail to [email protected]. Please reference ``IA ACCESS
Pilot Comments'' in the subject line of the e-mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evangeline Keenan, Acting APO/Dockets
Unit Director, Import Administration, APO/Dockets Unit, Room 1870, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Constitution Avenue and 14th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9157.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department is undertaking a review of its regulations in AD and
CVD proceedings governing the submission of information to the
Department, currently 19 CFR part 351, subpart C, with a view to the
adoption of rules and procedures that will implement an electronic
filing system, which will be entitled Import Administration's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (IA ACCESS). The Department's current rules on the submission of
information in AD and CVD proceedings, at 19 CFR 351.303(c)(1), require
that parties submit six paper copies of each submission to the
Department. In developing IA ACCESS, the Department seeks to expand the
public's access to the Department's AD and CVD proceedings by making
all publicly filed documents available on the internet and to
facilitate the electronic submission of documents to the Department in
AD and CVD proceedings by allowing interested parties to file documents
electronically. The Department envisions that such a system will create
efficiencies in both the process and costs associated with filing and
maintaining documents pertaining to AD and CVD proceedings.
The pilot program will implement IA ACCESS on a small scale to
allow the Department to evaluate and gain experience with operating an
electronic filing system. Implementation of the full electronic filing
system will be accomplished through a later rulemaking that will amend
the Department's regulations; the Department also intends to provide
more detailed procedures for IA ACCESS in a document separate from the
regulations, which the Department intends to publish on its Web site
prior to issuing regulations creating IA ACCESS. IA ACCESS will be
implemented in three separate phases, or releases, with each phase
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implementing an additional feature of IA ACCESS. These phases will
allow (1) The electronic submission of documents, (2) the electronic
release of public documents, and (3) the electronic release of business
proprietary documents to authorized applicants. Each phase will be
preceded by a pilot program designed to test and evaluate the
functionality of that release.
IA ACCESS Pilot Program on Electronic Filing
The Department is creating an IA ACCESS pilot program for
electronic submission of documents to enable it to evaluate and gain
experience with operating an electronic filing system before amending
its existing regulations. The pilot program will test the functionality
of submitting documents electronically in IA ACCESS. This pilot program
will run from July 1, 2010, through September 30, 2010, and will be in
effect for interested parties participating in the AD and CVD
proceedings enumerated below. In order to utilize the IA ACCESS pilot
program, parties will need access to an internet connection and will be
required to follow the instructions on using the system enumerated in
the ``IA ACCESS Pilot User Guide,'' which the Department will publish
on its Web site at http://www.trade.gov/ia prior to the start of the
pilot. The Department will also waive the filing requirements in 19 CFR
351.303(c)(1) for parties participating in the pilot. In place of these
requirements, where parties have filed a document electronically
through IA ACCESS, parties need only submit one signed original and one
copy of a public document or one signed original and two public
versions of a business proprietary document. Except for this
modification to the filing requirements in 19 CFR 351.303(c)(1), all
other filing requirements under the Department's regulations will
remain in effect under the pilot program. This pilot program only
concerns the electronic submission of documents, and pilot programs for
other releases (i.e., the electronic release of public and business
proprietary documents) will be conducted at a later date. Parties to AD
and CVD proceedings not enumerated below must continue to follow the
Department's current regulations governing the submission of
information to the Department.
The IA ACCESS pilot program will be in effect for interested
parties participating in the following proceedings:
AD Proceedings
A-201-822: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Mexico--
Administrative Review 07/01/08-06/30/09;
A-201-836: Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico--
Administrative Review 01/30/08-7/31/09;
A-351-828: Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products
from Brazil--Administrative Review 03/01/08-02/28/09;
A-351-828: Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products
from Brazil--Administrative Review 03/01/09-02/28/10;
A-357-812: Honey from Argentina--Administrative Review 12/01/08-11/30/
09;
A-421-811: Carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands--Administrative
Review 07/01/08-06/30/09;
A-570-836: Glycine from the People's Republic of China--Administrative
Review 03/01/09-02/28/10;
A-570-916: Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's Republic of China--
Administrative Review 01/31/08-07/31/09;
A-570-922: Raw Flexible Magnets from the People's Republic of China--
New Shipper Review (Jingzhou Meihou Flexible Magnet Company, Ltd.) 09/
01/09-02/28/10;
A-570-924: Polyethylene Terephthalate (Pet) Film from the People's
Republic of China--Administrative Review 11/06/08-10/31/09;
A-570-964: Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from the People's
Republic of China--Investigation;
A-588-857: Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe from Japan--Administrative
Review 12/01/08-11/30/09;
CVD Proceedings
C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China--
Investigation;
C-580-818: Corrosion-Resistant Steel Flat Products from the Republic of
Korea--Administrative Review 01/01/2008-12/31/2008.
The Department will contact the parties to these proceedings
individually concerning their participation in the pilot prior to the
program's commencement. Participants should be prepared to provide
feedback and suggestions for the improvement of IA ACCESS after
completion of the pilot program.
Request for Comments
The Department also requests public comments on the Department's
proposed conduct of the IA ACCESS pilot program described above.
Comments must be filed no later than 30 days after the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. Comments may be submitted either
electronically or in paper form to the address specified above. The
Department will consider all comments received before the close of the
comment period in developing and implementing the IA ACCESS pilot
program. Comments received after the end of the comment period may be
considered, if possible, but their consideration cannot be assured. The
Department will not accept comments accompanied by a request that part
or all of the material be treated confidentially because of its
business proprietary nature or for any other reason. Such comments will
be returned to the persons submitting the comments and will not be
considered by the Department. All comments responding to this notice
will be a matter of public record and will be available for inspection
and copying at Import Administration's Central Records Unit, Room 1117,
on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.Regulations.gov, and in
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Department's Web site at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. Comments submitted electronically need not also be
submitted in hard copy.
Persons wishing to submit written comments in hard copy should file
one signed original and two copies of each set of comments to the
address specified above. Persons wishing to comment electronically
should submit comments to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.Regulations.gov as specified above or via e-mail to [email protected]. Any questions concerning file formatting, document
conversion, access on the Internet, or other electronic filing issues
should be addressed to Andrew Lee Beller, Import Administration
Webmaster, at (202) 482-0866, e-mail address: [email protected].
Dated: May 28, 2010.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-13733 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]
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