Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Procedures for Submissions by Certain Steel and Aluminum Producers Committing to New U.S. Steel or Aluminum Production To Obtain Tariff Adjustments Under Proclamation 10984

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 161 (Friday, August 21, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54308-54309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17155]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Procedures for Submissions by Certain Steel and Aluminum 
Producers Committing to New U.S. Steel or Aluminum Production To Obtain 
Tariff Adjustments Under Proclamation 10984

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on June 18, 2026, during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: International Trade Administration, Commerce.
    Title: Procedures for Submissions by Certain Steel and Aluminum 
Producers Committing to New U.S. Steel or Aluminum Production to Obtain 
Tariff Adjustments Under Proclamation 10984.
    OMB Control Number: 0625-0285.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Average Hours per Response: 60 hours.
    Burden Hours: 3,600 hours.
    Needs and Uses: On October 17, 2025, the President issued 
Proclamation 10984 (Adjusting Imports of Medium- and Heavy-Duty 
Vehicles, Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Parts, and Buses Into the 
United States) (90 FR 48451), finding that imports of medium- and 
heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs), medium- and heavy-duty vehicle parts 
(MHDVPs), and buses threaten to impair the national security of the 
United States, and determining that it is necessary and appropriate to 
impose specified tariffs to adjust imports of MHDVs, MHDVPs, and buses 
so that such imports will not threaten to impair national security 
pursuant to section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962,

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as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862). In addition, Proclamation 10984 
acknowledged the close connections and overlap between part suppliers 
for the automobile industry and determined that it is necessary and 
appropriate to conform certain aspects of the tariff system imposed in 
Proclamation 10908 of March 26, 2025 (Adjusting Imports of Automobiles 
and Automobile Parts Into the United States) (90 FR 14705), as amended, 
with the tariff system imposed in Proclamation 10984 for MHDVs, certain 
MHDVPs, and buses. Finally, the President found it necessary and 
appropriate to allow modification of tariffs imposed under Proclamation 
9704 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United 
States) (83 FR 11619), as amended, and Proclamation 9705 of March 8, 
2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States) (83 FR 11625), 
as amended, based on commitments to increase production of steel or 
aluminum products that support U.S. production capacity of key 
products, including U.S. motor vehicles.
    To enhance the supply chain security and domestic production of 
U.S. MHDVs and automobiles, Proclamation 10984 authorized the Secretary 
to reduce tariffs owed under Proclamations 9704 and 9705 by up to half 
the otherwise applicable rate for aluminum or steel producers that 
operate production facilities in Canada or Mexico and supply U.S. motor 
vehicle manufacturers. Such adjustments are to be limited to quantities 
of aluminum or steel equal to newly committed U.S. production capacity, 
as determined by the Secretary.
    Proclamation 10984 provides that the adjusted tariff rate under 
Proclamations 9704 and 9705 may be no less than 25 percent, and that 
the adjusted tariff rate is only available for imports of aluminum and 
steel that qualify for preferential tariff treatment under the U.S.-
Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and that were respectively smelted and 
cast or melted and poured in Canada or Mexico.
    Proclamation 10984 directed the Secretary to administer this 
program in a manner consistent with the need to address the national 
security threats the President found in Proclamation 9704, Proclamation 
9705, Proclamation 9888 of May 17, 2019 (Adjusting Imports of 
Automobiles and Automobile Parts into the United States) (84 FR 23433), 
and Proclamation 10984. The Secretary has determined that it is 
necessary to establish a process for firms that operate production 
facilities in Canada and Mexico to apply for the adjusted tariffs, as 
authorized in Proclamation 10984, based on the quantities of aluminum 
or steel equal to newly committed U.S. production capacity. The 
Secretary has determined that only increased commitments to produce 
primary steel and primary aluminum should be eligible because these 
commitments address key bottlenecks and will increase the supply of 
U.S. steel and aluminum for downstream producers of automobiles and 
MDHVs. For purposes of these procedures, ``primary steel'' means any 
semi-finished or finished steel product that was first produced in a 
liquid state in a steel making furnace and ``primary aluminum'' means 
new aluminum metal that is produced from alumina (or aluminum oxide) by 
the electrolytic Hall-Heroult process.
    The Secretary has also determined that, for purposes of these 
procedures, commitments to increase production capacity of primary 
steel and primary aluminum that supports U.S. production capacity of 
key products is limited to commitments to increase capacity of primary 
steel and primary aluminum that supports U.S. production capacity for 
automobiles, MHDVs, automobile parts, and MHDV parts (MHDVPs). 
Proclamation 10984 identifies automobiles and MHDVs as examples of key 
products. As automobile parts and MHDVPs are critical inputs to MHDVs 
and automobiles, and as much of the steel and aluminum contained in 
automobiles and MHDVs is first incorporated into automobile parts and 
MHDVPs, the Secretary determined that automobile parts and MHDVPs are 
also ``key products'' under these procedures, consistent with the 
purpose of Proclamation 10984.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1862 Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0625-0285.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2026-17155 Filed 8-20-26; 8:45 am]
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