Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: Preliminary Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 15299-15300 [2011-6554]
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Dated: March 14, 2011.
Kim Glas,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–821]
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products From India: Preliminary
Rescission of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: March 21, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Ave., NW.,
Room 4014, Washington, DC 20230,
telephone: (202) 482–4793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
On December 1, 2010, the Department
of Commerce (the Department)
published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat
products from India. See Antidumping
or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding,
or Suspended Investigation;
Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review, 75 FR 74682 (December 1,
2010). On January 3, 2011, we received
from United States Steel Corporation, a
domestic producer of subject
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17:50 Mar 18, 2011
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merchandise, a request that the
Department conduct an administrative
review of Ispat Industries Limited
(Ispat), for the review period January 1,
2010, through December 31, 2010.
On January 28, 2011, the Department
published the notice of initiation of the
administrative review of the CVD order
covering Ispat for the period January 1,
2010, through December 31, 2010. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 76 FR 5137 (January 28, 2011).
On February 4, 2011, Ispat notified the
Department that it had no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United
States during the period of review
(POR).1
Scope of the Order
The products covered under this
order are certain hot-rolled flat-rolled
carbon steel flat products of a
rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5 inch
or greater, neither clad, plated, nor
coated with metal and whether or not
painted, varnished, or coated with
plastics or other non-metallic
substances, in coils (whether or not in
successively superimposed layers),
regardless of thickness, and in straight
lengths, of a thickness of less than 4.75
mm and of a width measuring at least
10 times the thickness. Universal mill
plate (i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on
four faces or in a closed box pass, of a
width exceeding 150 mm, but not
exceeding 1250 mm, and of a thickness
of not less than 4 mm, not in coils and
without patterns in relief) of a thickness
not less than 4.0 mm is not included
within the scope of this order.
Specifically included within the
scope of this order are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly
referred to as interstitial-free (IF)) steels,
high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels,
and the substrate for motor lamination
steels. IF steels are recognized as low
carbon steels with micro-alloying levels
of elements such as titanium or niobium
(also commonly referred to as
columbium), or both, added to stabilize
carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA
steels are recognized as steels with
micro-alloying levels of elements such
as chromium, copper, niobium,
vanadium, and molybdenum. The
substrate for motor lamination steels
contains micro-alloying levels of
elements such as silicon and aluminum.
Steel products to be included in the
scope of this order, regardless of
definitions in the Harmonized Tariff
1 This public document is available on the public
file in the Department’s Central Record Unit (CRU)
located in room 7046 of the main Commerce
building.
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15299
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS),
are products in which: (i) Iron
predominates, by weight, over each of
the other contained elements; (ii) the
carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (iii) none of the elements
listed below exceeds the quantity, by
weight, respectively indicated:
1.80 percent of manganese, or
2.25 percent of silicon, or
1.00 percent of copper, or
0.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
1.25 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten, or
0.10 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium, or
0.15 percent of vanadium, or
0.15 percent of zirconium.
All products that meet the physical
and chemical description provided
above are within the scope of this order
unless otherwise excluded. The
following products, by way of example,
are outside or specifically excluded
from the scope of this order:
• Alloy hot-rolled steel products in
which at least one of the chemical
elements exceeds those listed above
(including, e.g., ASTM specifications
A543, A387, A514, A517, A506).
• SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and
higher.
• Ball bearings steels, as defined in
the HTUS.
• Tool steels, as defined in the HTUS.
• Silico-manganese (as defined in the
HTUS) or silicon electrical steel with a
silicon level exceeding 2.25 percent.
• ASTM specifications A710 and
A736.
• USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS
AR 400, USS AR 500).
• All products (proprietary or
otherwise) based on an alloy ASTM
specification (sample specifications:
ASTM A506, A507).
• Non-rectangular shapes, not in
coils, which are the result of having
been processed by cutting or stamping
and which have assumed the character
of articles or products classified outside
chapter 72 of the HTUS.
The merchandise subject to this order
are classified in the HTUS at
subheadings: 7208.10.15.00,
7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00,
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00,
7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60,
7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60,
7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60,
7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60,
7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30,
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15,
7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90,
7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60,
7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00,
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7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90,
7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00,
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00,
7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30,
7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90.
Certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbonquality steel covered by this order,
including: vacuum degassed fully
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and
the substrate for motor lamination steel
may also enter under the following tariff
numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00,
7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00,
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90,
7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30,
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00,
7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and
7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise
may also enter under 7210.70.30.00,
7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30,
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and
7212.50.00.00. Although the HTUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and U.S. Customs
purposes, the Department’s written
description of the merchandise subject
to this proceeding is dispositive.
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Intent To Rescind the 2010
Administrative Review
Ispat submitted a letter to the
Department on February 4, 2011,
certifying that it had no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR. The petitioner
did not comment on Ispat’s claim of no
shipments.
On February 7, 2011, we conducted
an internal customs data query.2 We
also issued a ‘‘no shipments inquiry’’
message to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), which posted the
message on February 16, 2011.3 The
customs data query indicates that Ispat
had no entries of subject merchandise to
the United States during the POR. We
did not receive any information from
CBP contrary to Ispat’s claim of no
shipments of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR.
Based on our analysis of the shipment
data, we preliminarily determine that
Ispat did not ship subject merchandise
to the United States during the POR.
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3), and consistent with our
practice,4 we preliminarily determine to
rescind the review for Ispat. Since Ispat
2 See Memorandum to the File from Kristen
Johnson, Case Analyst, IA Operations, Office 3,
regarding ‘‘Customs Data Query Results,’’ (February
8, 2011). A public version of this memorandum is
available on the public file in the CRU.
3 See Message number 1047301, available at
https://addcvd.cbp.gov.
4 See, e.g., Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe
and Tube from Turkey: Notice of Rescission of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, In Part,
74 FR 47921 (September 18, 2009).
VerDate Mar<15>2010
17:50 Mar 18, 2011
Jkt 223001
was the only producer/exporter for
which a review was requested and
initiated, we also preliminarily
determine to rescind the administrative
review of the CVD order covering the
period January 1, 2010, through
December 31, 2010.
Public Comment
The Department is setting aside a
period for interested parties to raise
issues regarding the preliminary
determination to rescind the
administrative review for Ispat. The
Department encourages all interested
parties to submit such comments within
20 calendar days of the publication of
this notice. Comments should be
addressed to Import Administration’s
APO/Dockets Unit, Room 1870, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street
and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230. The period for
public comment is intended to provide
the Department with ample opportunity
to consider all issues prior to the
issuance of the notice to rescind the
administrative review.
We are issuing this notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4) of
the Department’s regulations.
Dated: March 15, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Virginia Living Museum, 524 J.
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VA, 23602 [Chris Crippen, Responsible
Party], and the Maritime Aquarium at
Norwalk, 10 North Water Street, South
Norwalk, CT, 06854 [Ellen Riker,
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ADDRESSES: The application and related
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Species (APPS) home page, https://
apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting
File No. 16291 or 16266 from the list of
available applications.
These documents are also available
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Written comments on this application
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Comments may also be submitted by
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Please include the File No. 16291 and/
or 16266 in the subject line of the e-mail
comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
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Education Division at the address listed
above. The request should set forth the
specific reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Cairns or Jennifer Skidmore,
(301) 713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR 222–226).
The Virginia Living Museum [File No.
16266] is requesting a permit to
continue enhancement activities
previously authorized under Permit No.
1473. Activities would include the
continued maintenance and educational
display of eight captive-bred, nonreleaseable adult shortnose sturgeon, as
well as the transport of four shortnose
sturgeon to the Maritime Aquarium at
Norfolk. The Maritime Aquarium at
Norwalk [File No. 16291] is requesting
a permit to continue enhancement
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Permit No. 1472. Activities would
include the acquisition of four captiveDATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-821]
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India:
Preliminary Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: March 21, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW.,
Room 4014, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 1, 2010, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review
of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain hot-rolled carbon
steel flat products from India. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request
Administrative Review, 75 FR 74682 (December 1, 2010). On January 3,
2011, we received from United States Steel Corporation, a domestic
producer of subject merchandise, a request that the Department conduct
an administrative review of Ispat Industries Limited (Ispat), for the
review period January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010.
On January 28, 2011, the Department published the notice of
initiation of the administrative review of the CVD order covering Ispat
for the period January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010. See
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 76 FR 5137 (January 28, 2011). On February 4, 2011, Ispat
notified the Department that it had no shipments of subject merchandise
to the United States during the period of review (POR).\1\
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\1\ This public document is available on the public file in the
Department's Central Record Unit (CRU) located in room 7046 of the
main Commerce building.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered under this order are certain hot-rolled flat-
rolled carbon steel flat products of a rectangular shape, of a width of
0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other
non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively
superimposed layers), regardless of thickness, and in straight lengths,
of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least
10 times the thickness. Universal mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled
products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width
exceeding 150 mm, but not exceeding 1250 mm, and of a thickness of not
less than 4 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief) of a
thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of this
order.
Specifically included within the scope of this order are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free
(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate
for motor lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as low carbon
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium or
niobium (also commonly referred to as columbium), or both, added to
stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper,
niobium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination
steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and
aluminum.
Steel products to be included in the scope of this order,
regardless of definitions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS), are products in which: (i) Iron predominates, by
weight, over each of the other contained elements; (ii) the carbon
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (iii) none of the elements
listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
1.80 percent of manganese, or
2.25 percent of silicon, or
1.00 percent of copper, or
0.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
1.25 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten, or
0.10 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium, or
0.15 percent of vanadium, or
0.15 percent of zirconium.
All products that meet the physical and chemical description
provided above are within the scope of this order unless otherwise
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside or
specifically excluded from the scope of this order:
Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at least one of
the chemical elements exceeds those listed above (including, e.g., ASTM
specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, A506).
SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and higher.
Ball bearings steels, as defined in the HTUS.
Tool steels, as defined in the HTUS.
Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTUS) or silicon
electrical steel with a silicon level exceeding 2.25 percent.
ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
All products (proprietary or otherwise) based on an alloy
ASTM specification (sample specifications: ASTM A506, A507).
Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, which are the result
of having been processed by cutting or stamping and which have assumed
the character of articles or products classified outside chapter 72 of
the HTUS.
The merchandise subject to this order are classified in the HTUS at
subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00,
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60,
7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60,
7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30,
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90,
7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00,
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7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00,
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30,
7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled flat-rolled
carbon-quality steel covered by this order, including: vacuum degassed
fully stabilized; high strength low alloy; and the substrate for motor
lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff numbers:
7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00,
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30,
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise
may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30,
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00. Although the HTUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes, the
Department's written description of the merchandise subject to this
proceeding is dispositive.
Intent To Rescind the 2010 Administrative Review
Ispat submitted a letter to the Department on February 4, 2011,
certifying that it had no shipments of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR. The petitioner did not comment on Ispat's
claim of no shipments.
On February 7, 2011, we conducted an internal customs data
query.\2\ We also issued a ``no shipments inquiry'' message to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which posted the message on
February 16, 2011.\3\ The customs data query indicates that Ispat had
no entries of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.
We did not receive any information from CBP contrary to Ispat's claim
of no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the
POR.
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\2\ See Memorandum to the File from Kristen Johnson, Case
Analyst, IA Operations, Office 3, regarding ``Customs Data Query
Results,'' (February 8, 2011). A public version of this memorandum
is available on the public file in the CRU.
\3\ See Message number 1047301, available at https://addcvd.cbp.gov.
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Based on our analysis of the shipment data, we preliminarily
determine that Ispat did not ship subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3), and consistent with our practice,\4\ we preliminarily
determine to rescind the review for Ispat. Since Ispat was the only
producer/exporter for which a review was requested and initiated, we
also preliminarily determine to rescind the administrative review of
the CVD order covering the period January 1, 2010, through December 31,
2010.
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\4\ See, e.g., Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and Tube from
Turkey: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, In Part, 74 FR 47921 (September 18, 2009).
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Public Comment
The Department is setting aside a period for interested parties to
raise issues regarding the preliminary determination to rescind the
administrative review for Ispat. The Department encourages all
interested parties to submit such comments within 20 calendar days of
the publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to Import
Administration's APO/Dockets Unit, Room 1870, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230. The period for public comment is intended to provide the
Department with ample opportunity to consider all issues prior to the
issuance of the notice to rescind the administrative review.
We are issuing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)
and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4) of the Department's regulations.
Dated: March 15, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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