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Comment Request
Aluminum Extrusions From the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of
Second Amended Final Scope Ruling
Pursuant to Court Decision
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: Bureau of Industry and
Security.
Title: Special Priorities Assistance.
OMB Control Number: 0694–0057.
Form Number(s): BIS–999.
Type of Review: Regular Submission.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 600.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,200.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
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collected from defense contractors and
suppliers on Form BIS–999, Request for
Special Priorities Assistance, is required
for the enforcement and administration
of special priorities assistance under the
Defense Production Act, the Selective
Service Act and the Defense Priorities
and Allocation System regulation.
Contractors may request Special
Priorities Assistance (SPA) when
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obtain timely delivery of products,
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International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 23, 2018, the Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the
CAFC) reversed and vacated, in part, the
Court of International Trade’s (the CIT)
earlier decisions, vacated Commerce’s
remand determination, and reinstated
Commerce’s original scope ruling, in
part. In Commerce’s original scope
ruling, Commerce found that Whirlpool
Corporation’s (Whirlpool) kitchen
appliance door handles with plastic end
caps were covered by the general scope
language of the antidumping duty (AD)
and countervailing duty (CVD) orders
on aluminum extrusions from the
People’s Republic of China (China). On
May 1, 2019, the CIT granted
Whirlpool’s request to dismiss the
litigation concerning its handles.
Accordingly, Commerce is issuing a
second amended final scope ruling.
DATES: Applicable June 25, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
Greynolds, AD/CVD Operations, Office
III, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: 202–482–6071.
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Background
On August 4, 2014, Commerce found
that kitchen appliance door handles
with plastic end caps imported by
Whirlpool were subject to the Orders.1
Specifically, Commerce found that the
handles did not fall under the finished
merchandise or finished goods kit
exclusions, based on its interpretation of
these exclusions, as adopted in prior
scope rulings.2
Whirlpool filed suit challenging the
Final Scope Ruling. In Whirlpool I, the
CIT held that ‘‘the general scope
language is not reasonably interpreted to
include the kitchen appliance door
handles described in Whirlpool’s first
scope ruling request{,}’’ (i.e., the
kitchen appliance door handles with
plastic end caps).3 The CIT further held
that, even if the general scope language
could be reasonably interpreted to
include the handles, Commerce’s
determination that the handles did not
satisfy the finished merchandise
exclusion based on Commerce’s
interpretation of the exclusion was in
error.4 Therefore, the CIT remanded the
Final Scope Ruling to Commerce for
reconsideration in light of Whirlpool I.5
In its Remand Redetermination, under
protest, Commerce complied with
Whirlpool I and found the handles were
not covered by the general scope
language of the Orders.6 Commerce did
not further address the finished
merchandise exclusion. The CIT
affirmed the Remand Redetermination
in Whirlpool II.7 Pursuant to Whirlpool
II, on September 27, 2016, Commerce
published its First Amended Final
Scope Ruling, finding that the handles
1 See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Scope Ruling on
Kitchen Appliance Door Handles with Plastic End
Caps and Kitchen Appliance Door Handles without
Plastic End Caps,’’ dated August 4, 2014 (Final
Scope Ruling).
2 Id. at 16–21, citing, e.g., Memorandum to
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
‘‘Final Scope Ruling on Meridian Kitchen
Appliance Door Handles,’’ dated June 21, 2013,
(Kitchen Appliance Door Handles I Scope Ruling)
and Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Final Scope
Ruling on J.A. Hancock, Inc.’s Geodesic Structures,’’
(July 17, 2012) (Geodesic Domes Scope Ruling).
3 See Whirlpool Corporation v. United States, 144
F. Supp. 3d 1296, 1303 (CIT 2016) (Whirlpool I).
The Court affirmed Commerce’s determination that
the kitchen appliance door handles without end
caps are within the scope of the Orders. Id. at 1306.
4 Id. at 1304.
5 Id. at 1305–07.
6 See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant
to Court Remand, Whirlpool Corp. v. United States,
Court No. 14–00199, Slip Op. 16–08 (CIT February
1, 2016), dated April 15, 2016 (Remand
Redetermination).
7 See Whirlpool Corporation v. United States, 182
F. Supp. 3d 1307 (CIT 2016) (Whirlpool II).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security.
Title: Special Priorities Assistance.
OMB Control Number: 0694-0057.
Form Number(s): BIS-999.
Type of Review: Regular Submission.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 600.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,200.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The information collected from defense contractors
and suppliers on Form BIS-999, Request for Special Priorities
Assistance, is required for the enforcement and administration of
special priorities assistance under the Defense Production Act, the
Selective Service Act and the Defense Priorities and Allocation System
regulation. Contractors may request Special Priorities Assistance (SPA)
when placing rated orders with suppliers, to obtain timely delivery of
products, materials or services from suppliers, or for any other reason
under the DPAS, in support of approved national programs. The Form BIS-
999 is used to apply for such assistance.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/. Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to [email protected].
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
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