Sodium Nitrite From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 69646-69647 [2013-27828]
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Room 3720, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC.
Comments: None received. Decision:
Approved. We know of no instruments
of equivalent scientific value to the
foreign instruments described below, for
such purposes as each is intended to be
used, that was being manufactured in
the United States at the time of its order.
Docket Number: 13–017. Applicant:
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
43210. Instrument: Cryo-SEM System
with Aquilo Preparation Chamber.
Manufacturer: Quorum Technologies,
United Kingdom. Intended Use: See
notice at 78 FR 37206–07, June 20, 2013.
Comments: None received. Decision:
Approved. We know of no instruments
of equivalent scientific value to the
foreign instruments described below, for
such purposes as this is intended to be
used, that was being manufactured in
the United States at the time of order.
Reasons: The instrument will be fitted
to an existing dual beam focused ion
beam (FIB) instrument in order to
provide a new capability for 3–D
imaging and analysis of polymeric
materials and biomaterials at cryogenic
temperatures below ¥109 degrees
Celsius. The required performance
characteristics for this instrument are a
highly stable, thermally isolated
nitrogen gas-cooled stage which attaches
to the SEM stage and is capable of
reaching a temperature range of +100 to
¥190 degrees Celsius, a separately
cooled cold trap with independent
temperature control capable of reaching
temperatures below ¥190 degrees
Celsius, a cryo-preparation, cryotransfer chamber that is directly
attached to the SEM, but with the
turbomolecular vacuum pumping and
advanced gas cooling system mounted
remotely, as well as a high vacuum
system consisting of a remotely
positioned 70L/s turbomolecular
pumping system capable of achieving a
vacuum of 10¥6 mbar or better in the
directly attached cryopreparation, cryotransfer chamber. The instrument will
be used for cryo-imaging that will
provide new insights in the study of
biocompatibility and failure of
orthopaedic implants, and also the
evaluation of new materials and implant
surfaces for tissue engineering
applications. The cryo-preparation,
cryo-transfer and cryo-imaging
capabilities will enable minimally
invasive approaches to be used to
investigate structures and interfaces in
their near-native vitreous state.
Docket Number: 13–019. Applicant:
California State University Northridge,
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Northridge, CA 91330. Instrument:
Ultrahigh Vacuum Low Temperature
Scanning Tunneling Microscope.
Manufacturer: Unisoku Co., Ltd., Japan.
Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR
37206–07, June 20, 2013. Comments:
None received. Decision: Approved. We
know of no instruments of equivalent
scientific value to the foreign
instruments described below, for such
purposes as this is intended to be used,
that was being manufactured in the
United States at the time of order.
Reasons: The instrument will be used to
study the electronic and spin-related
phenomena (Kondo effect, spin flip,
spin injection, etc.) in low dimensional
materials including grapheme (one
atomic layer of carbon atoms), magnetic
materials (transition metals iron, cobalt,
nickel and corresponding
phthalocyanine molecules), and
topological insulators. The techniques
to be implemented include depositing
magnetic atoms or molecules on
grapheme and measuring scanning
tunneling spectroscopy of these
magnetic impurities on grapheme,
growing grapheme on ferromagnetic
materials (cobalt, iron) and measuring
the spin-polarization of grapheme
induced by the ferromagnetic materials,
as well measuring the scanning
tunneling spectroscopy on topological
insulators. The capabilities required for
these experiments that this instrument
fulfills include a high magnetic field of
8 Tesla, and measurements at low
temperature (<5 Kelvin).
Docket Number: 13–020. Applicant:
University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
TX 78712–1415. Instrument: V-Gait
Dual Belt Instrumented Treadmill.
Manufacturer: Motek Medial, the
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at
78 FR 37206–07, June 20, 2013.
Comments: None received. Decision:
Approved. We know of no instruments
of equivalent scientific value to the
foreign instruments described below, for
such purposes as this is intended to be
used, that was being manufactured in
the United States at the time of order.
Reasons: The instrument will be used to
identify structure/properties
relationships of polymer based solar
cells or for the structural analysis of
polymer/nanoparticle hybrid materials
for the development of high-density
storage devices, as well as to study the
self-assembly of bio-polymer systems for
drug-delivery system development.
Docket Number: 13–023. Applicant:
Max Planck Florida Institute, Jupiter, FL
33458. Instrument: Quanta 250 FEG
SEM (D8421). Manufacturer: FEI
Company, Czech Republic. Intended
Use: See notice at 78 FR 37206–07, June
20, 2013.
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Comments: None received. Decision:
Approved. We know of no instruments
of equivalent scientific value to the
foreign instruments described below, for
such purposes as this is intended to be
used, that was being manufactured in
the United States at the time of order.
Reasons: The instrument will be used
for the fabrication of atomic force
microscope cantilevers and electron
beam deposition. The cantilevers are
made from silicon or silicon nitride,
with the radius of the tip curvature on
the order of nanometers. Electron-beam
deposition is a process of decomposing
gaseous molecules by electron beam
leading to deposition of non-volatile
fragments onto a nearby substrate. The
electron beam is usually provided by a
scanning electron microscope that
results in high spatial accuracy (less
than one nanometer), and the possibility
to produce free-standing, threedimensional structures. The cantilevers
are observed by the scanning electron
microscope. The chamber of the
scanning electron microscope is filled
with carbon gases. Then the electron
from the scanning microscope focuses
on the tip of cantilevers to deposit an
amorphous carbon. The instrument
needs to work with high beam parking
precision (∼1 nanometer) in the
environment in which the material
deposition is produced in relatively low
vacuum.
Dated: November 12, 2013.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office,
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013–27831 Filed 11–19–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–926]
Sodium Nitrite From the People’s
Republic of China: Final Results of the
Expedited First Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: November 20,
2013.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) finds that revocation
of the countervailing duty (‘‘CVD’’)
order on sodium nitrite from the
People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’)
would be likely to lead to the
continuation or recurrence of net
countervailable subsidies.
AGENCY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Myrna Lobo,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–5255 or 482–2371, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 1, 2013, the Department
initiated the first sunset review of the
CVD order on sodium nitrite from the
PRC, pursuant to section 751(c) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the
Act’’).1 The Department received a
notice of intent to participate from
General Chemical LLC, (‘‘Petitioner’’),
within the deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i). The Department also
received an adequate substantive
response to the notice of initiation from
domestic interested parties, i.e.,
Petitioner, within the 30-day deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).
The Department did not receive
submissions from other interested
parties. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department is
conducting an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the CVD Order.
As explained in the memorandum
from the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, the
Department has exercised its discretion
to toll deadlines for the duration of the
closure of the Federal Government from
October 1, through October 16, 2013.2
Therefore, all deadlines in this segment
of the proceeding have been extended
by 16 days.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
order is sodium nitrite in any form, at
any purity level. A full description of
the scope of the order is contained in
the Decision Memorandum.3
The Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is on file
1 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews,
78 FR 39256 (July 1, 2013); see also Sodium Nitrite
from the People’s Republic of China: Countervailing
Duty Order, 73 FR 50595 (August 27, 2008) (‘‘CVD
Order’’).
2 See Memorandum for the Record from Paul
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown
of the Federal Government.’’
3 See ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review
of the Countervailing Duty Order on Sodium Nitrite
from the People’s Republic of China,’’ from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, dated
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
notice (‘‘Decision Memorandum’’).
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electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s centralized electronic
service system (‘‘IA ACCESS’’). IA
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the
Department’s Central Records Unit,
room 7046 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the Internet at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed Decision Memorandum and
the electronic versions of the Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
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Dated: November 13, 2013.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013–27828 Filed 11–19–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–965]
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this review are
addressed in the Decision
Memorandum. The issues include the
likelihood of continuation or recurrence
of a countervailable subsidy, and the net
countervailable subsidy likely to prevail
if the order was revoked.
Drill Pipe From the People’s Republic
of China: Notice of Court Decision Not
in Harmony With Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Notice of Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value Pursuant to Court Decision
AGENCY:
Enforcement and Compliance,
formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce
SUMMARY: On November 4, 2013, the
Final Results of Review
United States Court of International
Trade (‘‘Court’’ or ‘‘CIT’’) issued its final
Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3)
judgment in Downhole Pipe v. United
of the Act, the Department determines
States,1 sustaining the Department of
that revocation of the CVD order on
Commerce’s (Department) Remand
sodium nitrite from the PRC would be
Results.2 Consistent with the decision of
likely to lead to continuation or
the United States Court of Appeals for
recurrence of countervailable subsidies
the Federal Circuit (‘‘Federal Circuit’’)
at the following net countervailable
in Timken Co., v. United States, 893
subsidy rates:
F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (‘‘Timken’’), as
clarified by Diamond Sawblades Mfrs.
Net
Manufacturers/exporters/
countervailable Coalition v. United States, 626 F.3d
producers
subsidy rate
1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (‘‘Diamond
(percent)
Sawblades’’), the Department is
notifying the public that the final CIT
Shanxi Jiaocheng Hongxing
judgment in this case is not in harmony
Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shanxi
Jiaocheng) ........................
169.01 with the Department’s Final
Determination 3 and is amending the
Tianjin Soda Plant Tianjin
Final Determination with respect to the
Port Free Trade Zone Pan
surrogate values (‘‘SV’’) for drill pipe
Bohai International Trading
Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Soda
green tubes and the labor wage rate in
Plant) .................................
169.01 the less-than-fair-value investigation.
All others ..............................
169.01 DATES: Effective Date: November 14,
2013.
This notice also serves as the only
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
reminder to parties subject to
Alexander Montoro, AD/CVD
administrative protective order (‘‘APO’’) Operations, Office V, Enforcement and
of their responsibility concerning the
Compliance, International Trade
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
1 Downhole Pipe & Equipment, LP, and DP-Master
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Manufacturing Co., Ltd., v. United States, and VAM
Drilling USA, Texas Steel Conversion, Inc., Rotary
Timely notification of the return or
Drilling Tools, TMK IPSCO, and U.S. Steel Corp.,
destruction of APO materials or
Court No. 1–00081, Slip Op. 13–134 (November 4,
conversion to judicial protective orders
2013) (‘‘Downhole Pipe v. United States’’).
2 See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant
is hereby requested. Failure to comply
to Court Remand: Drill Pipe from the People’s
with the regulations and terms of an
Republic of China Downhole Pipe & Equip LP, v.
APO is a violation which is subject to
United States, Court No. 11–00081, Slip op. 12–141
sanction.
(CIT 2012), dated May 13, 2013 (‘‘Remand
Results’’).
The Department is issuing and
3 See Drill Pipe From the People’s Republic of
publishing these final results and this
China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
notice in accordance with sections
Fair Value and Critical Circumstances, 76 FR 1966
751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
(January 11, 2011) (‘‘Final Determination’’).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-926]
Sodium Nitrite From the People's Republic of China: Final Results
of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: November 20, 2013.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty (``CVD'') order on sodium nitrite
from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') would be likely to lead
to the continuation or recurrence of net countervailable subsidies.
[[Page 69647]]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Myrna Lobo,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-5255 or 482-2371, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 1, 2013, the Department initiated the first sunset review
of the CVD order on sodium nitrite from the PRC, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'').\1\ The
Department received a notice of intent to participate from General
Chemical LLC, (``Petitioner''), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i). The Department also received an adequate substantive
response to the notice of initiation from domestic interested parties,
i.e., Petitioner, within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i). The Department did not receive submissions from other
interested parties. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department is conducting an expedited
(120-day) sunset review of the CVD Order.
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\1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 78 FR
39256 (July 1, 2013); see also Sodium Nitrite from the People's
Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 73 FR 50595 (August
27, 2008) (``CVD Order'').
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As explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has exercised its discretion
to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal
Government from October 1, through October 16, 2013.\2\ Therefore, all
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 16
days.
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\2\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by
the Shutdown of the Federal Government.''
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is sodium nitrite in any
form, at any purity level. A full description of the scope of the order
is contained in the Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\3\ See ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results
of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Sodium Nitrite from the People's Republic of China,'' from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, dated
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice (``Decision
Memorandum'').
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The Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's centralized electronic
service system (``IA ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is available to registered
users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Department's Central
Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the Internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions
of the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Decision
Memorandum. The issues include the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy, and the net countervailable
subsidy likely to prevail if the order was revoked.
Final Results of Review
Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3) of the Act, the Department
determines that revocation of the CVD order on sodium nitrite from the
PRC would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy
rates:
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Net
countervailable
Manufacturers/exporters/ producers subsidy rate
(percent)
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Shanxi Jiaocheng Hongxing Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shanxi 169.01
Jiaocheng)............................................
Tianjin Soda Plant Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Pan 169.01
Bohai International Trading Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Soda
Plant)................................................
All others............................................. 169.01
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This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which
is subject to sanction.
The Department is issuing and publishing these final results and
this notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1)
of the Act.
Dated: November 13, 2013.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-27828 Filed 11-19-13; 8:45 am]
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