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will also be useful in evaluating the
ongoing recovery programs for the
species.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
MASSACHUSETTS
National Park Service
Berkshire County
Species Under Review
[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–24738;
PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000]
Entity listed: Steller’s eiders
(Polysticta stelleri).
Where listed: United States (Alaskabreeding population only).
Classification: Threatened.
Date listed (publication date for final
listing rule): June 11, 1997.
Federal Register citation for final
listing rule: 62 FR 31748.
Request for Information
To ensure that a 5-year review is
complete and based on the best
available scientific and commercial
information, we request new
information from all sources. For
specific criteria, see What information
do we consider in our review? If you
submit information, please support it
with documentation such as maps,
bibliographic references, methods used
to gather and analyze the data, and/or
copies of any pertinent publications,
reports, or letters by knowledgeable
sources. If you submit purported
sightings of the species, please also
provide supporting documentation in
any form to the extent that it is
available.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Completed and Active Reviews
A list of all completed and currently
active 5-year reviews addressing species
for which the Alaskan Region of the
Service has lead responsibility is
available at https://www.fws.gov/alaska/
fisheries/endangered/reviews.htm.
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service is
soliciting comments on the significance
of properties nominated before
December 2, 2017, for listing or related
actions in the National Register of
Historic Places.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
by January 17, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent via
U.S. Postal Service and all other carriers
to the National Register of Historic
Places, National Park Service, 1849 C St.
NW, MS 7228, Washington, DC 20240.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The properties listed in this notice are
being considered for listing or related
actions in the National Register of
Historic Places. Nominations for their
consideration were received by the
National Park Service before December
2, 2017. Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36
CFR part 60, written comments are
being accepted concerning the
significance of the nominated properties
under the National Register criteria for
evaluation.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Nominations submitted by State
Historic Preservation Officers:
SUMMARY:
Franklin County
Woodward, Robert Strong, House and
Studio, 43 Upper St., Buckland,
SG100001961
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Merrimack County
Concord Gas Light Company Gasholder
House, Gas St., Concord,
SG100001962
Strafford County
First Congregational Church, 400 Main
St., Farmington, SG100001963
NEW YORK
Albany County
St Casimir’s Church Complex, 309–315,
317, 320 & 324 Sheridan Ave.,
Albany, SG100001964
Erie County
Temple Beth Zion, 805 Delaware Ave.,
Buffalo, SG100001965
Ziegele—Phoenix Refrigeration House
and Office
835 Washington St., Buffalo,
SG100001966
Additional documentation has been
received for the following resources:
COLORADO
Denver County
Brown Palace Hotel, 17th St. and
Tremont Pl., Denver, AD70000157
Authority: 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60.
Dated: December 6, 2017.
J. Paul Loether,
Chief, National Register of Historic Places/
National Historic Landmarks Program and
Keeper, National Register of Historic Places.
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ARIZONA
Pima County
Congdon, Stephen and Persis Hart
Browne, House, 2928 N. Orlando St.,
Tucson, SG100001956
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
This document is published under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).
Woodrow House
8649 E Woodland, Tucson,
SG100001957
Utility Scale Wind Towers From China
and Vietnam; Institution of Five-Year
Reviews
Dated: September 20, 2017.
Gregory Siekaniec,
Regional Director, Alaska Region.
MARYLAND
AGENCY:
Authority
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National Register of Historic Places;
Notification of Pending Nominations
and Related Actions
Tyringham Library, 118 Main Rd.,
Tyringham, SG100001960
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Baltimore Independent City
Union Bros. Furniture Company, 1120 S
Hanover St., Baltimore (Independent
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United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
The Commission hereby gives
notice that it has instituted reviews
SUMMARY:
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pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the
Act’’), as amended, to determine
whether revocation of the
countervailing duty order on utility
scale wind towers from China and the
antidumping duty orders on utility scale
wind towers from China and Vietnam
would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of material injury.
Pursuant to the Act, interested parties
are requested to respond to this notice
by submitting the information specified
below to the Commission.
DATES: Instituted January 2, 2018. To be
assured of consideration, the deadline
for responses is February 1, 2018.
Comments on the adequacy of responses
may be filed with the Commission by
March 16, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Messer (202–205–3193), Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
this proceeding may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.—On February 15, 2013,
the Department of Commerce issued a
countervailing duty order on utility
scale wind towers from China and
antidumping duty orders on utility scale
wind towers from China and Vietnam
(78 FR 11146–11148 and 11150–11154).
The Commission is conducting reviews
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)), to
determine whether revocation of the
orders would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material
injury to the domestic industry within
a reasonably foreseeable time.
Provisions concerning the conduct of
this proceeding may be found in the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure at 19 CFR parts 201, Subparts
A and B and 19 CFR part 207, Subparts
A and F. The Commission will assess
the adequacy of interested party
responses to this notice of institution to
determine whether to conduct full or
expedited reviews. The Commission’s
determinations in any expedited
reviews will be based on the facts
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information provided in response to this
notice.
Definitions.—The following
definitions apply to these reviews:
(1) Subject Merchandise is the class or
kind of merchandise that is within the
scope of the five-year reviews, as
defined by the Department of
Commerce.
(2) The Subject Countries in these
reviews are China and Vietnam.
(3) The Domestic Like Product is the
domestically produced product or
products which are like, or in the
absence of like, most similar in
characteristics and uses with, the
Subject Merchandise. In its original
determinations, the Commission
defined a single Domestic Like Product
to include all wind towers as described
in Commerce’s scope definition.
(4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S.
producers as a whole of the Domestic
Like Product, or those producers whose
collective output of the Domestic Like
Product constitutes a major proportion
of the total domestic production of the
product. In its original determinations,
the Commission defined the Domestic
Industry as all domestic producers of
the Domestic Like Product.
(5) The Order Date is the date that the
antidumping and countervailing duty
orders under review became effective. In
these reviews, the Order Date is
February 15, 2013.
(6) An Importer is any person or firm
engaged, either directly or through a
parent company or subsidiary, in
importing the Subject Merchandise into
the United States from a foreign
manufacturer or through its selling
agent.
Participation in the proceeding and
public service list.—Persons, including
industrial users of the Subject
Merchandise and, if the merchandise is
sold at the retail level, representative
consumer organizations, wishing to
participate in the proceeding as parties
must file an entry of appearance with
the Secretary to the Commission, as
provided in section 201.11(b)(4) of the
Commission’s rules, no later than 21
days after publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. The Secretary will
maintain a public service list containing
the names and addresses of all persons,
or their representatives, who are parties
to the proceeding.
Former Commission employees who
are seeking to appear in Commission
five-year reviews are advised that they
may appear in a review even if they
participated personally and
substantially in the corresponding
underlying original investigation or an
earlier review of the same underlying
investigation. The Commission’s
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designated agency ethics official has
advised that a five-year review is not the
same particular matter as the underlying
original investigation, and a five-year
review is not the same particular matter
as an earlier review of the same
underlying investigation for purposes of
18 U.S.C. 207, the post employment
statute for Federal employees, and
Commission rule 201.15(b) (19 CFR
201.15(b)), 79 FR 3246 (Jan. 17, 2014),
73 FR 24609 (May 5, 2008).
Consequently, former employees are not
required to seek Commission approval
to appear in a review under Commission
rule 19 CFR 201.15, even if the
corresponding underlying original
investigation or an earlier review of the
same underlying investigation was
pending when they were Commission
employees. For further ethics advice on
this matter, contact Charles Smith,
Deputy Agency Ethics Official, at 202–
205–3408.
Limited disclosure of business
proprietary information (BPI) under an
administrative protective order (APO)
and APO service list.—Pursuant to
section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s
rules, the Secretary will make BPI
submitted in this proceeding available
to authorized applicants under the APO
issued in the proceeding, provided that
the application is made no later than 21
days after publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. Authorized
applicants must represent interested
parties, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9),
who are parties to the proceeding. A
separate service list will be maintained
by the Secretary for those parties
authorized to receive BPI under the
APO.
Certification.—Pursuant to section
207.3 of the Commission’s rules, any
person submitting information to the
Commission in connection with this
proceeding must certify that the
information is accurate and complete to
the best of the submitter’s knowledge. In
making the certification, the submitter
will acknowledge that information
submitted in response to this request for
information and throughout this
proceeding or other proceeding may be
disclosed to and used: (i) By the
Commission, its employees and Offices,
and contract personnel (a) for
developing or maintaining the records
of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in
internal investigations, audits, reviews,
and evaluations relating to the
programs, personnel, and operations of
the Commission including under 5
U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S.
government employees and contract
personnel, solely for cybersecurity
purposes. All contract personnel will
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sign appropriate nondisclosure
agreements.
Written submissions.—Pursuant to
section 207.61 of the Commission’s
rules, each interested party response to
this notice must provide the information
specified below. The deadline for filing
such responses is February 1, 2018.
Pursuant to section 207.62(b) of the
Commission’s rules, eligible parties (as
specified in Commission rule
207.62(b)(1)) may also file comments
concerning the adequacy of responses to
the notice of institution and whether the
Commission should conduct expedited
or full reviews. The deadline for filing
such comments is March 16, 2018. All
written submissions must conform with
the provisions of section 201.8 of the
Commission’s rules; any submissions
that contain BPI must also conform with
the requirements of sections 201.6,
207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission’s
rules. The Commission’s Handbook on
E-Filing, available on the Commission’s
website at https://edis.usitc.gov,
elaborates upon the Commission’s rules
with respect to electronic filing. Also, in
accordance with sections 201.16(c) and
207.3 of the Commission’s rules, each
document filed by a party to the
proceeding must be served on all other
parties to the proceeding (as identified
by either the public or APO service list
as appropriate), and a certificate of
service must accompany the document
(if you are not a party to the proceeding
you do not need to serve your response).
No response to this request for
information is required if a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) number is not displayed; the
OMB number is 3117 0016/USITC No.
17–5–402, expiration date June 30,
2020. Public reporting burden for the
request is estimated to average 15 hours
per response. Please send comments
regarding the accuracy of this burden
estimate to the Office of Investigations,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20436.
Inability to provide requested
information.—Pursuant to section
207.61(c) of the Commission’s rules, any
interested party that cannot furnish the
information requested by this notice in
the requested form and manner shall
notify the Commission at the earliest
possible time, provide a full explanation
of why it cannot provide the requested
information, and indicate alternative
forms in which it can provide
equivalent information. If an interested
party does not provide this notification
(or the Commission finds the
explanation provided in the notification
inadequate) and fails to provide a
complete response to this notice, the
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Commission may take an adverse
inference against the party pursuant to
section 776(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1677e(b)) in making its determinations
in the reviews.
Information To Be Provided in
Response to This Notice of Institution: If
you are a domestic producer, union/
worker group, or trade/business
association; import/export Subject
Merchandise from more than one
Subject Country; or produce Subject
Merchandise in more than one Subject
Country, you may file a single response.
If you do so, please ensure that your
response to each question includes the
information requested for each pertinent
Subject Country. As used below, the
term ‘‘firm’’ includes any related firms.
(1) The name and address of your firm
or entity (including World Wide Web
address) and name, telephone number,
fax number, and Email address of the
certifying official.
(2) A statement indicating whether
your firm/entity is an interested party
under 19 U.S.C. 1677(9) and if so, how,
including whether your firm/entity is a
U.S. producer of the Domestic Like
Product, a U.S. union or worker group,
a U.S. importer of the Subject
Merchandise, a foreign producer or
exporter of the Subject Merchandise, a
U.S. or foreign trade or business
association (a majority of whose
members are interested parties under
the statute), or another interested party
(including an explanation). If you are a
union/worker group or trade/business
association, identify the firms in which
your workers are employed or which are
members of your association.
(3) A statement indicating whether
your firm/entity is willing to participate
in this proceeding by providing
information requested by the
Commission.
(4) A statement of the likely effects of
the revocation of the antidumping and
countervailing duty orders on the
Domestic Industry in general and/or
your firm/entity specifically. In your
response, please discuss the various
factors specified in section 752(a) of the
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675a(a)) including the
likely volume of subject imports, likely
price effects of subject imports, and
likely impact of imports of Subject
Merchandise on the Domestic Industry.
(5) A list of all known and currently
operating U.S. producers of the
Domestic Like Product. Identify any
known related parties and the nature of
the relationship as defined in section
771(4)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1677(4)(B)).
(6) A list of all known and currently
operating U.S. importers of the Subject
Merchandise and producers of the
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Subject Merchandise in each Subject
Country that currently export or have
exported Subject Merchandise to the
United States or other countries since
the Order Date.
(7) A list of 3–5 leading purchasers in
the U.S. market for the Domestic Like
Product and the Subject Merchandise
(including street address, World Wide
Web address, and the name, telephone
number, fax number, and Email address
of a responsible official at each firm).
(8) A list of known sources of
information on national or regional
prices for the Domestic Like Product or
the Subject Merchandise in the U.S. or
other markets.
(9) If you are a U.S. producer of the
Domestic Like Product, provide the
following information on your firm’s
operations on that product during
calendar year 2017, except as noted
(report quantity data in number of
towers and value data in U.S. dollars,
f.o.b. plant). If you are a union/worker
group or trade/business association,
provide the information, on an aggregate
basis, for the firms in which your
workers are employed/which are
members of your association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if
known, an estimate of the percentage of
total U.S. production of the Domestic
Like Product accounted for by your
firm’s(s’) production;
(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm to
produce the Domestic Like Product (that
is, the level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have
expected to attain during the year,
assuming normal operating conditions
(using equipment and machinery in
place and ready to operate), normal
operating levels (hours per week/weeks
per year), time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup, and a
typical or representative product mix);
(c) the quantity and value of U.S.
commercial shipments of the Domestic
Like Product produced in your U.S.
plant(s);
(d) the quantity and value of U.S.
internal consumption/company
transfers of the Domestic Like Product
produced in your U.S. plant(s); and
(e) the value of (i) net sales, (ii) cost
of goods sold (COGS), (iii) gross profit,
(iv) selling, general and administrative
(SG&A) expenses, and (v) operating
income of the Domestic Like Product
produced in your U.S. plant(s) (include
both U.S. and export commercial sales,
internal consumption, and company
transfers) for your most recently
completed fiscal year (identify the date
on which your fiscal year ends).
(10) If you are a U.S. importer or a
trade/business association of U.S.
importers of the Subject Merchandise
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from any Subject Country, provide the
following information on your firm’s(s’)
operations on that product during
calendar year 2017 (report quantity data
in number of towers and value data in
U.S. dollars). If you are a trade/business
association, provide the information, on
an aggregate basis, for the firms which
are members of your association.
(a) The quantity and value (landed,
duty-paid but not including
antidumping or countervailing duties)
of U.S. imports and, if known, an
estimate of the percentage of total U.S.
imports of Subject Merchandise from
each Subject Country accounted for by
your firm’s(s’) imports;
(b) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S.
port, including antidumping and/or
countervailing duties) of U.S.
commercial shipments of Subject
Merchandise imported from each
Subject Country; and
(c) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S.
port, including antidumping and/or
countervailing duties) of U.S. internal
consumption/company transfers of
Subject Merchandise imported from
each Subject Country.
(11) If you are a producer, an exporter,
or a trade/business association of
producers or exporters of the Subject
Merchandise in any Subject Country,
provide the following information on
your firm’s(s’) operations on that
product during calendar year 2017
(report quantity data in number of
towers and value data in U.S. dollars,
landed and duty-paid at the U.S. port
but not including antidumping or
countervailing duties). If you are a
trade/business association, provide the
information, on an aggregate basis, for
the firms which are members of your
association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if
known, an estimate of the percentage of
total production of Subject Merchandise
in each Subject Country accounted for
by your firm’s(s’) production;
(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm(s)
to produce the Subject Merchandise in
each Subject Country (that is, the level
of production that your establishment(s)
could reasonably have expected to
attain during the year, assuming normal
operating conditions (using equipment
and machinery in place and ready to
operate), normal operating levels (hours
per week/weeks per year), time for
downtime, maintenance, repair, and
cleanup, and a typical or representative
product mix); and
(c) the quantity and value of your
firm’s(s’) exports to the United States of
Subject Merchandise and, if known, an
estimate of the percentage of total
exports to the United States of Subject
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Merchandise from each Subject Country
accounted for by your firm’s(s’) exports.
(12) Identify significant changes, if
any, in the supply and demand
conditions or business cycle for the
Domestic Like Product that have
occurred in the United States or in the
market for the Subject Merchandise in
each Subject Country since the Order
Date, and significant changes, if any,
that are likely to occur within a
reasonably foreseeable time. Supply
conditions to consider include
technology; production methods;
development efforts; ability to increase
production (including the shift of
production facilities used for other
products and the use, cost, or
availability of major inputs into
production); and factors related to the
ability to shift supply among different
national markets (including barriers to
importation in foreign markets or
changes in market demand abroad).
Demand conditions to consider include
end uses and applications; the existence
and availability of substitute products;
and the level of competition among the
Domestic Like Product produced in the
United States, Subject Merchandise
produced in each Subject Country, and
such merchandise from other countries.
(13) (OPTIONAL) A statement of
whether you agree with the above
definitions of the Domestic Like Product
and Domestic Industry; if you disagree
with either or both of these definitions,
please explain why and provide
alternative definitions.
Authority: This proceeding is being
conducted under authority of Title VII of the
Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published
pursuant to section 207.61 of the
Commission’s rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: December 26, 2017.
Katherine M. Hiner,
Supervisory Attorney.
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Certain Large Residential Washers
From Korea and Mexico; Institution of
Five-Year Reviews
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Commission hereby gives
notice that it has instituted reviews
pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the
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Act’’), as amended, to determine
whether revocation of the
countervailing duty order on certain
large residential washers from Korea
and the antidumping duty orders on
certain large residential washers from
Korea and Mexico would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of
material injury. Pursuant to the Act,
interested parties are requested to
respond to this notice by submitting the
information specified below to the
Commission.
DATES: Instituted January 2, 2018. To be
assured of consideration, the deadline
for responses is February 1, 2018.
Comments on the adequacy of responses
may be filed with the Commission by
March 16, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Messer (202–205–3193), Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
this proceeding may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.—On February 15, 2013,
the Department of Commerce issued a
countervailing duty order on certain
large residential washers from Korea
and antidumping duty orders on certain
large residential washers from Korea
and Mexico (78 FR 11148–11150 and
11154–11155). The Commission is
conducting reviews pursuant to section
751(c) of the Act, as amended (19 U.S.C.
1675(c)), to determine whether
revocation of the orders would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of
material injury to the domestic industry
within a reasonably foreseeable time.
Provisions concerning the conduct of
this proceeding may be found in the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure at 19 CFR parts 201, Subparts
A and B and 19 CFR part 207, Subparts
A and F. The Commission will assess
the adequacy of interested party
responses to this notice of institution to
determine whether to conduct full or
expedited reviews. The Commission’s
determinations in any expedited
reviews will be based on the facts
available, which may include
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-486 and 731-TA-1195-1196 (Review)]
Utility Scale Wind Towers From China and Vietnam; Institution of
Five-Year Reviews
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted
reviews
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pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act''), as amended, to
determine whether revocation of the countervailing duty order on
utility scale wind towers from China and the antidumping duty orders on
utility scale wind towers from China and Vietnam would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to the
Act, interested parties are requested to respond to this notice by
submitting the information specified below to the Commission.
DATES: Instituted January 2, 2018. To be assured of consideration, the
deadline for responses is February 1, 2018. Comments on the adequacy of
responses may be filed with the Commission by March 16, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Messer (202-205-3193), Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information
on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-
1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the
Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning
the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server
(https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for this proceeding may be
viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.--On February 15, 2013, the Department of Commerce
issued a countervailing duty order on utility scale wind towers from
China and antidumping duty orders on utility scale wind towers from
China and Vietnam (78 FR 11146-11148 and 11150-11154). The Commission
is conducting reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 1675(c)), to determine whether revocation of the orders
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material
injury to the domestic industry within a reasonably foreseeable time.
Provisions concerning the conduct of this proceeding may be found in
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure at 19 CFR parts 201,
Subparts A and B and 19 CFR part 207, Subparts A and F. The Commission
will assess the adequacy of interested party responses to this notice
of institution to determine whether to conduct full or expedited
reviews. The Commission's determinations in any expedited reviews will
be based on the facts available, which may include information provided
in response to this notice.
Definitions.--The following definitions apply to these reviews:
(1) Subject Merchandise is the class or kind of merchandise that is
within the scope of the five-year reviews, as defined by the Department
of Commerce.
(2) The Subject Countries in these reviews are China and Vietnam.
(3) The Domestic Like Product is the domestically produced product
or products which are like, or in the absence of like, most similar in
characteristics and uses with, the Subject Merchandise. In its original
determinations, the Commission defined a single Domestic Like Product
to include all wind towers as described in Commerce's scope definition.
(4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S. producers as a whole of the
Domestic Like Product, or those producers whose collective output of
the Domestic Like Product constitutes a major proportion of the total
domestic production of the product. In its original determinations, the
Commission defined the Domestic Industry as all domestic producers of
the Domestic Like Product.
(5) The Order Date is the date that the antidumping and
countervailing duty orders under review became effective. In these
reviews, the Order Date is February 15, 2013.
(6) An Importer is any person or firm engaged, either directly or
through a parent company or subsidiary, in importing the Subject
Merchandise into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or
through its selling agent.
Participation in the proceeding and public service list.--Persons,
including industrial users of the Subject Merchandise and, if the
merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer
organizations, wishing to participate in the proceeding as parties must
file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as
provided in section 201.11(b)(4) of the Commission's rules, no later
than 21 days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
The Secretary will maintain a public service list containing the names
and addresses of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties
to the proceeding.
Former Commission employees who are seeking to appear in Commission
five-year reviews are advised that they may appear in a review even if
they participated personally and substantially in the corresponding
underlying original investigation or an earlier review of the same
underlying investigation. The Commission's designated agency ethics
official has advised that a five-year review is not the same particular
matter as the underlying original investigation, and a five-year review
is not the same particular matter as an earlier review of the same
underlying investigation for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 207, the post
employment statute for Federal employees, and Commission rule 201.15(b)
(19 CFR 201.15(b)), 79 FR 3246 (Jan. 17, 2014), 73 FR 24609 (May 5,
2008). Consequently, former employees are not required to seek
Commission approval to appear in a review under Commission rule 19 CFR
201.15, even if the corresponding underlying original investigation or
an earlier review of the same underlying investigation was pending when
they were Commission employees. For further ethics advice on this
matter, contact Charles Smith, Deputy Agency Ethics Official, at 202-
205-3408.
Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under
an administrative protective order (APO) and APO service list.--
Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary
will make BPI submitted in this proceeding available to authorized
applicants under the APO issued in the proceeding, provided that the
application is made no later than 21 days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. Authorized applicants must represent
interested parties, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are parties to
the proceeding. A separate service list will be maintained by the
Secretary for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.
Certification.--Pursuant to section 207.3 of the Commission's
rules, any person submitting information to the Commission in
connection with this proceeding must certify that the information is
accurate and complete to the best of the submitter's knowledge. In
making the certification, the submitter will acknowledge that
information submitted in response to this request for information and
throughout this proceeding or other proceeding may be disclosed to and
used: (i) By the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract
personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a
related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits, reviews,
and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of
the Commission including under 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S.
government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity
purposes. All contract personnel will
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sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements.
Written submissions.--Pursuant to section 207.61 of the
Commission's rules, each interested party response to this notice must
provide the information specified below. The deadline for filing such
responses is February 1, 2018. Pursuant to section 207.62(b) of the
Commission's rules, eligible parties (as specified in Commission rule
207.62(b)(1)) may also file comments concerning the adequacy of
responses to the notice of institution and whether the Commission
should conduct expedited or full reviews. The deadline for filing such
comments is March 16, 2018. All written submissions must conform with
the provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's rules; any
submissions that contain BPI must also conform with the requirements of
sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's rules. The
Commission's Handbook on E-Filing, available on the Commission's
website at https://edis.usitc.gov, elaborates upon the Commission's
rules with respect to electronic filing. Also, in accordance with
sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's rules, each document
filed by a party to the proceeding must be served on all other parties
to the proceeding (as identified by either the public or APO service
list as appropriate), and a certificate of service must accompany the
document (if you are not a party to the proceeding you do not need to
serve your response).
No response to this request for information is required if a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') number is not
displayed; the OMB number is 3117 0016/USITC No. 17-5-402, expiration
date June 30, 2020. Public reporting burden for the request is
estimated to average 15 hours per response. Please send comments
regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate to the Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436.
Inability to provide requested information.--Pursuant to section
207.61(c) of the Commission's rules, any interested party that cannot
furnish the information requested by this notice in the requested form
and manner shall notify the Commission at the earliest possible time,
provide a full explanation of why it cannot provide the requested
information, and indicate alternative forms in which it can provide
equivalent information. If an interested party does not provide this
notification (or the Commission finds the explanation provided in the
notification inadequate) and fails to provide a complete response to
this notice, the Commission may take an adverse inference against the
party pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1677e(b)) in
making its determinations in the reviews.
Information To Be Provided in Response to This Notice of
Institution: If you are a domestic producer, union/worker group, or
trade/business association; import/export Subject Merchandise from more
than one Subject Country; or produce Subject Merchandise in more than
one Subject Country, you may file a single response. If you do so,
please ensure that your response to each question includes the
information requested for each pertinent Subject Country. As used
below, the term ``firm'' includes any related firms.
(1) The name and address of your firm or entity (including World
Wide Web address) and name, telephone number, fax number, and Email
address of the certifying official.
(2) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is an
interested party under 19 U.S.C. 1677(9) and if so, how, including
whether your firm/entity is a U.S. producer of the Domestic Like
Product, a U.S. union or worker group, a U.S. importer of the Subject
Merchandise, a foreign producer or exporter of the Subject Merchandise,
a U.S. or foreign trade or business association (a majority of whose
members are interested parties under the statute), or another
interested party (including an explanation). If you are a union/worker
group or trade/business association, identify the firms in which your
workers are employed or which are members of your association.
(3) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is willing to
participate in this proceeding by providing information requested by
the Commission.
(4) A statement of the likely effects of the revocation of the
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on the Domestic Industry in
general and/or your firm/entity specifically. In your response, please
discuss the various factors specified in section 752(a) of the Act (19
U.S.C. 1675a(a)) including the likely volume of subject imports, likely
price effects of subject imports, and likely impact of imports of
Subject Merchandise on the Domestic Industry.
(5) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. producers of
the Domestic Like Product. Identify any known related parties and the
nature of the relationship as defined in section 771(4)(B) of the Act
(19 U.S.C. 1677(4)(B)).
(6) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. importers of
the Subject Merchandise and producers of the Subject Merchandise in
each Subject Country that currently export or have exported Subject
Merchandise to the United States or other countries since the Order
Date.
(7) A list of 3-5 leading purchasers in the U.S. market for the
Domestic Like Product and the Subject Merchandise (including street
address, World Wide Web address, and the name, telephone number, fax
number, and Email address of a responsible official at each firm).
(8) A list of known sources of information on national or regional
prices for the Domestic Like Product or the Subject Merchandise in the
U.S. or other markets.
(9) If you are a U.S. producer of the Domestic Like Product,
provide the following information on your firm's operations on that
product during calendar year 2017, except as noted (report quantity
data in number of towers and value data in U.S. dollars, f.o.b. plant).
If you are a union/worker group or trade/business association, provide
the information, on an aggregate basis, for the firms in which your
workers are employed/which are members of your association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of total U.S. production of the Domestic Like Product
accounted for by your firm's(s') production;
(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm to produce the Domestic Like
Product (that is, the level of production that your establishment(s)
could reasonably have expected to attain during the year, assuming
normal operating conditions (using equipment and machinery in place and
ready to operate), normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per
year), time for downtime, maintenance, repair, and cleanup, and a
typical or representative product mix);
(c) the quantity and value of U.S. commercial shipments of the
Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s);
(d) the quantity and value of U.S. internal consumption/company
transfers of the Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s);
and
(e) the value of (i) net sales, (ii) cost of goods sold (COGS),
(iii) gross profit, (iv) selling, general and administrative (SG&A)
expenses, and (v) operating income of the Domestic Like Product
produced in your U.S. plant(s) (include both U.S. and export commercial
sales, internal consumption, and company transfers) for your most
recently completed fiscal year (identify the date on which your fiscal
year ends).
(10) If you are a U.S. importer or a trade/business association of
U.S. importers of the Subject Merchandise
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from any Subject Country, provide the following information on your
firm's(s') operations on that product during calendar year 2017 (report
quantity data in number of towers and value data in U.S. dollars). If
you are a trade/business association, provide the information, on an
aggregate basis, for the firms which are members of your association.
(a) The quantity and value (landed, duty-paid but not including
antidumping or countervailing duties) of U.S. imports and, if known, an
estimate of the percentage of total U.S. imports of Subject Merchandise
from each Subject Country accounted for by your firm's(s') imports;
(b) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping
and/or countervailing duties) of U.S. commercial shipments of Subject
Merchandise imported from each Subject Country; and
(c) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping
and/or countervailing duties) of U.S. internal consumption/company
transfers of Subject Merchandise imported from each Subject Country.
(11) If you are a producer, an exporter, or a trade/business
association of producers or exporters of the Subject Merchandise in any
Subject Country, provide the following information on your firm's(s')
operations on that product during calendar year 2017 (report quantity
data in number of towers and value data in U.S. dollars, landed and
duty-paid at the U.S. port but not including antidumping or
countervailing duties). If you are a trade/business association,
provide the information, on an aggregate basis, for the firms which are
members of your association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of total production of Subject Merchandise in each Subject
Country accounted for by your firm's(s') production;
(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm(s) to produce the Subject
Merchandise in each Subject Country (that is, the level of production
that your establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain
during the year, assuming normal operating conditions (using equipment
and machinery in place and ready to operate), normal operating levels
(hours per week/weeks per year), time for downtime, maintenance,
repair, and cleanup, and a typical or representative product mix); and
(c) the quantity and value of your firm's(s') exports to the United
States of Subject Merchandise and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of total exports to the United States of Subject Merchandise
from each Subject Country accounted for by your firm's(s') exports.
(12) Identify significant changes, if any, in the supply and demand
conditions or business cycle for the Domestic Like Product that have
occurred in the United States or in the market for the Subject
Merchandise in each Subject Country since the Order Date, and
significant changes, if any, that are likely to occur within a
reasonably foreseeable time. Supply conditions to consider include
technology; production methods; development efforts; ability to
increase production (including the shift of production facilities used
for other products and the use, cost, or availability of major inputs
into production); and factors related to the ability to shift supply
among different national markets (including barriers to importation in
foreign markets or changes in market demand abroad). Demand conditions
to consider include end uses and applications; the existence and
availability of substitute products; and the level of competition among
the Domestic Like Product produced in the United States, Subject
Merchandise produced in each Subject Country, and such merchandise from
other countries.
(13) (OPTIONAL) A statement of whether you agree with the above
definitions of the Domestic Like Product and Domestic Industry; if you
disagree with either or both of these definitions, please explain why
and provide alternative definitions.
Authority: This proceeding is being conducted under authority of
Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published
pursuant to section 207.61 of the Commission's rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: December 26, 2017.
Katherine M. Hiner,
Supervisory Attorney.
[FR Doc. 2017-28239 Filed 12-29-17; 8:45 am]
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