On June 3, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Technology Evaluation, US Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice requesting public comments with respect to an investigation to determine the effects on the national security from imports of vanadium. The investigation was initiated by the Secretary of Commerce on May 28, 2020 under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, in response to a petition. If the Secretary finds that vanadium is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security, the Secretary shall so advise the President in his report on the findings of the investigation.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or other information pertinent to the investigation to the BIS by July 20, 2020. Rebuttal comments will be due by August 17,2020. Rebuttal comments may only address issues raised in comments filed on or before July 20, 2020. While the Department is interested in any information related to this investigation that the public can provide, the notice identifies particular issues of significance. For more information about the section 232 program, including the regulations and the text of previous investigations, please see www.bis.doc.gov/232.
