Information Collection; Equal Opportunity Program Delivery Compliance Review Tool

• Citation: 91 FR 24156
• Published date: 05 May 2026
• FR Document: 2026-08681
• Pages: 24156-24157
• Section: Notices
• Issuer: Agriculture Department,Forest Service

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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 86 / Tuesday, May 5, 2026 / Notices

or local Agency that administers the

program or contact USDA through the

Telecommunications Relay Service at

711 (voice and TTY). Additionally,

program information may be made

available in languages other than

English.

To file a program discrimination

complaint, complete the USDA Program

Discrimination Complaint Form, AD–

3027, found online at How to File a

Program Discrimination Complaint and

at any USDA office or write a letter

addressed to USDA and provide in the

letter all of the information requested in

the form. To request a copy of the

complaint form, call (866) 632–9992.

Submit your completed form or letter to

USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400

Independence Avenue SW, Mail Stop

9410, Washington, DC 20250–9410; (2)

fax: (202) 690–7442; or (3) email:

program.intake@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity

provider, employer, and lender.

Justin Ransom,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 2026–08702 Filed 5–4–26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Information Collection; Equal

Opportunity Program Delivery

Compliance Review Tool

AGENCY

: Forest Service, Agriculture

(USDA).

ACTION

: Notice; request for comment.

SUMMARY

: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Forest Service (Agency) is seeking

comments from all interested

individuals and organizations on the

extension with no revision of a

currently approved information

collection, Equal Opportunity Program

Delivery Compliance Review Tool.

DATES

: Comments must be received in

writing on or before July 6, 2026 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES

: Comments concerning this

notice should be addressed to Civil

Rights, Mail Stop 1142, Forest Service,

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,

Washington, DC 20250–1142.

Comments also may be submitted by

email to SM.FS.WOCivilRight@usda.gov.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice may be made available to the

public through relevant websites and

upon request. For this reason, please do

not include in your comments

information of a confidential nature,

such as sensitive personal information

or proprietary information. If you send

an email comment, your email address

will be automatically captured and

included as part of the comment that is

placed in the public docket and made

available for public viewing. Please note

that comments containing any routine

notice about the confidentiality of the

communication will be treated as public

comments that may be made available to

the public notwithstanding the

inclusion of the routine notice.

The public may request that an

electronic copy of the supporting

documents for the information

collection and/or any comments

received be sent via return email.

Requests should be emailed to

SM.FS.WOCivilRight@usda.gov. The

information collection request is posted

online at https://www.regulations.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

:

Davina Diaz, Civil Rights, by phone at

520–388–8419 or by email at

davina.diaz@usda.gov. Individuals who

are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a

speech disability may call 711 to reach

the Telecommunications Relay Service

then provide the phone number of the

person named as a point of contact for

further information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

:

Title: Equal Opportunity Program

Delivery Compliance Review Tool.

OMB Number: 0596–0215.

Expiration Date of Approval: October

31, 2026.

Type of Review: Extension with no

Revision of a currently approved

information collection.

Abstract

All Federal agencies must comply

with equal opportunity laws:

•Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of

1964, as amended

•Title IX of the Education

Amendments Act of 1972

•The Age Discrimination Act of

1975, as amended

•Section 504 of the Rehabilitation

Act of 1973, as amended

•Executive orders to advance equal

opportunity, nondiscrimination, and

meritocracy in the delivery of all

programs and services to the public.

Federal agencies and entities

receiving Federal Financial Assistance

are prohibited from discriminating.

Federal Financial Assistance is defined

as, ‘‘Federal monies given by grants,

cooperative agreements, commercial

special use permits, training, loan/

temporary assignment of federal

personnel, loan/use of Federal property

at below market value.’’

The Equal Opportunity (E.O.) laws

require agencies to conduct compliance

reviews to ensure that entities receiving

Federal Financial Assistance from the

government are adhering to the

nondiscrimination statutes. The statutes

require that prior to awarding support or

issuing permits, the Federal government

shall conduct pre-award reviews to

ensure that potential recipients

understand their responsibilities to

provide services equitable pursuant to

the law. Thereafter, during the

partnership with the agency, ongoing

monitoring will take place to ensure that

public is served without any barriers or

discrimination.

Forest Service employees will use FS–

1700–6A, Equal Opportunity

Compliance Review Record, to

document shared non-discrimination

obligations and collect information

regarding actions taken by recipients of

Federal financial assistance to ensure

the public receives services without

discrimination or barriers to access.

Optional form B documents that

recipients’ employees understand their

customer service role and optional form

C is for customers’ awareness of their

rights of non-discrimination.

Collection form FS–1700–6A, Equal

Opportunity Compliance Review

Record, will occur during face-to-face

meetings or telephone interviews

conducted by a Forest Service employee

as part of the pre-award and post-award

process. The pre-award interview will

take place prior to the signing of a

cooperative agreement, domestic grant,

commercial special use permit award or

similar where a non-discrimination

clause appears in the agreement. The

post award interview will take place

either on a five (5) or 10-year basis as

instructed in Forest Service Handbook

(FSH) 1709.11, Chapter 70 or upon

report/discovery of discrimination.

Only general statistical information

will be summarized and shared in the

Health and Human Services (HHS) and

Department of Justice (DOJ) annual

report. However, if a report or discovery

of a discrimination complaint is

identified then it will be reported to the

USDA Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Civil Rights.

Monitoring reviews have been a

responsibility of the Federal government

since 1964 and continue to be an

obligatory activity as outlined in 28

Code of Federal Regulations 42.401–415

and 7 Code of Federal Regulation 15.5.

Without the ability to monitor recipients

of Federal financial assistance, the

Forest Service would not be able to

ensure compliance with the civil rights

laws, statutes, and current Executive

Orders (E.O.). The Agency would not be

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1

See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petition for the

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing

Duties,’’ dated April 9, 2026 (Petitions).

2

Id.

3

See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Supplemental

Questions,’’ dated April 15, 2026 (First General

Issues Supplemental Questionnaire); First Country-

Specific AD Supplemental Questionnaires: China

AD Supplemental, Taiwan AD Supplemental, and

Tu

¨rkiye AD Supplemental dated April 16, 2026;

‘‘Supplemental Questions,’’ dated April 22, 2026

(Second General Issues Questionnaire); Second

Country-Specific AD Supplemental Questionnaires:

Second China AD Supplemental, Second Taiwan

AD Supplemental, and Second Tu

¨rkiye AD

Supplemental, dated April 23, 2026; and Third

Country-Specific AD Supplemental Questionnaires:

Third China AD Supplemental and Third Tu

¨rkiye

AD Supplemental dated April 27, 2026; see also

Memorandum, ‘‘Teleconference with Counsel to the

Petitioners,’’ dated April 24, 2026 (April 24, 2026,

Memorandum).

4

See Petitioners’ Letters, ‘‘Response to

Supplemental Questions,’’ dated April 20, 2026

(First General Issues Supplement); Country-Specific

AD Supplemental Responses: First China AD

Supplement, First Taiwan AD Supplement, and

First Tu

¨rkiye AD Supplement, dated April 21, 2026;

‘‘Response to Second General Issues Supplemental

Questions,’’ dated April 23, 2026 (Second General

Issues Supplement); Second Country-Specific AD

Supplemental Responses: Second China AD

Supplement, Second Taiwan AD Supplement, and

Second Tu

¨rkiye AD Supplement dated April 27,

2026; and Third Country-Specific AD Supplemental

Responses: Third China AD Supplement and Third

Tu

¨rkiye AD Supplement, dated April 28, 2026.

5

See section on ‘‘Determination of Industry

Support for the Petitions,’’ infra.

6

See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997)

(Preamble); see also 19 CFR 351.312.

7

See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual

information’’).

aware of potential discriminatory

practices. Absence of this form leaves

the American people and the public that

we serve vulnerable to non-merit-based

decisions and discrimination.

Affected Public: Recipients of Federal

financial assistance, the American

taxpayer and public(s) that we serve.

Estimated Annual Burden Per

Response: 1/hr.

Estimated Annual Number of

Respondents: 3,294/yr.

Estimated Annual Number of

Responses per Respondent: 4/yr.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 2,394.

Comment is Invited

Comment is invited on (1) whether

this collection of information is

necessary for the stated purposes and

the proper performance of the functions

of the Agency, including whether the

information will have practical or

scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including the use of

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

All comments received in response to

this notice, including names and

addresses when provided, will be a

matter of public record. Comments will

be summarized and included in the

submission request for Office of

Management and Budget approval.

Michole J. Wesley,

Acting National Director, Civil Rights.

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BILLING CODE 3411–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–228, A–583–883, A–489–857]

Tin Mill Products From the People’s

Republic of China, Taiwan, and the

Republic of Tu

¨rkiye: Initiation of Less-

Than-Fair-Value Investigations

AGENCY

: Enforcement and Compliance,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

DATES

: Applicable April 29, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

:

Blair Hood at (202) 482–8329 (the

People’s Republic of China (China)),

Carter Sherwin at (202) 482–4260

(Taiwan), and Robert Bolling at (202)

482–3434 (the Republic of Tu

¨rkiye

(Tu

¨rkiye)), AD/CVD Operations,

Enforcement and Compliance,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

:

The Petitions

On April 9, 2026, the U.S. Department

of Commerce (Commerce) received

antidumping duty (AD) petitions

concerning imports of tin mill products

from China, Taiwan, and Tu

¨rkiye, filed

in proper form on behalf of United

States Steel Corporation and the United

Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber,

Manufacturing, Energy, Allied

Industrial and Service Workers Union

(the petitioners), a domestic producer of

tin mill products and a certified union,

which represents the workers engaged

in the production of tin mill products in

the United States.

1

The AD Petitions

were accompanied by a countervailing

duty (CVD) petition concerning imports

of tin mill products from China.

2

Between April 15 and April 27, 2026,

Commerce requested supplemental

information pertaining to certain aspects

of the Petitions in supplemental

questionnaires.

3

Between April 20 and

28, 2026, the petitioners filed timely

responses to these requests for

additional information.

4

In accordance with section 732(b) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the

Act), the petitioners allege that imports

of tin mill products from China, Taiwan,

and the Republic of Tu

¨rkiye are being,

or are likely to be, sold in the United

States at less than fair value (LTFV)

within the meaning of section 731 of the

Act, and that imports of such products

are materially injuring, or threatening

material injury to, the tin mill products

industry in the United States. Consistent

with section 732(b)(1) of the Act, the

Petitions were accompanied by

information reasonably available to the

petitioners supporting their allegations.

Commerce finds that the petitioners

filed the Petitions on behalf of the

domestic industry, because the

petitioners are interested parties, as

defined in sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of

the Act. Commerce also finds that the

petitioners demonstrated sufficient

industry support for the initiation of the

requested LTFV investigations.

5

Periods of Investigations (POI)

Because the Petitions were filed on

April 9, 2026, pursuant to 19 CFR

351.204(b)(1), the POI for the Taiwan

and Tu

¨rkiye LTFV investigations is

April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2026.

Because China is a non-market economy

(NME) country, pursuant to 19 CFR

351.204(b)(1), the POI for the China

LTFV investigation is October 1, 2025,

through March 31, 2026.

Scope of the Investigations

The products covered by these

investigations are tin mill products from

China, Taiwan, and Tu

¨rkiye. For a full

description of the scope of these

investigations, see the appendix to this

notice.

Comments on the Scope of the

Investigations

As discussed in the Preamble to

Commerce’s regulations, we are setting

aside a period for interested parties to

raise issues regarding product coverage

(i.e., scope).

6

Commerce will consider

all scope comments received from

interested parties and, if necessary, will

consult with interested parties prior to

the issuance of the preliminary

determinations. If scope comments

include factual information, all such

factual information should be limited to

public information.

7

Commerce requests

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