The Secretary of Agriculture's Determination of the Primary Purpose of the Nevada Petroleum Claims Fund for the Cleanup of Petroleum Discharge From Storage, 70494-70495 [2019-27581]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
[Docket ID: NRCS–2019–0021]
The Secretary of Agriculture’s
Determination of the Primary Purpose
of the Nevada Petroleum Claims Fund
for the Cleanup of Petroleum
Discharge From Storage
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of Determination.
AGENCY:
NRCS is providing public
notice that the Secretary of Agriculture
has determined that cost share
payments made by the Nevada Division
of Environmental Protection (NDEP) are
primarily for the purpose of conserving
soil and water resources or protecting
and restoring the environment. NRCS
was assigned technical and
administrative responsibility for
reviewing NDEP’s Petroleum Claims
Fund program and for making
appropriate recommendations for the
Secretary’s determination of primary
purpose. The Secretary made the
determination for the State of Nevada’s
Petroleum Claims Fund program
administered by the Nevada Division of
Environmental Protection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg
Lovato, Division Administrator, Nevada
Petroleum Claims Fund, 901 S Stewart
Street, Carson City, Nevada 89701 or
Maggie Rhodes, Director, Financial
Assistance Programs Division,
Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 5237
South Building, Washington, DC 20250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
Section 126(a) (8) of the Internal
Revenue Code, gross income does not
include the ‘‘excludable portion’’ of
payments received under any program
of a State, or a political subdivision of
a State, under which payments are made
to individuals primarily for the purpose
of protecting or restoring the
environment. In general, a cost share
payment for selected conservation
practices is exempt from Federal
taxation if it meets three tests: (1) It was
for a capital expense, (2) it does not
substantially increase the operator’s
annual income from the property for
which it is made, and (3) the Secretary
of Agriculture certified that the payment
was made primarily for conserving soil
and water resources, protecting or
restoring the environment, improving
forests, or providing habitat for wildlife.
SUMMARY:
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The Secretary of Agriculture evaluates
a conservation program on the basis of
criteria set forth in 7 CFR part 14 and
makes a ‘‘primary purpose’’
determination for the payments made
under the program. The objective of the
determination made under part 14 is to
provide maximum conservation,
environmental, forestry improvement,
and wildlife benefits to the general
public from the operation of applicable
programs. Final determinations are
made based on program, category of
practices, or individual practices.
Following a primary purpose
determination by the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of the
Treasury determines if the payments
made under the conservation program
substantially increases the annual
income derived from the property
benefited by the payments.
From this Federal action, approving
tax deferral will not result in impacts to
the environment, therefore, no further
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) documentation will be
prepared.
Determination: As provided for by
Section 126 of the Internal Revenue
Code, the Secretary examined the
authorizing legislation, regulations, and
operating procedures regarding the
NDEP’s Nevada Petroleum Claims Fund
program. In accordance with the criteria
set out in 7 CFR part 14, the Secretary
has determined the primary purpose of
cost share payments made under
Nevada Petroleum Claims Fund
program is conserving soil and water
resources or protecting and restoring the
environment.
The State of Nevada Petroleum Fund
was initially implemented in 1989 by
State legislation to assist owners and
operators of regulated underground
storage tanks in meeting the Federal
requirements for financial
responsibility, pursuant to the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 40 CFR
280.90 through 280.99. The Fund also
allows voluntary enrollment of eligible
non-regulated petroleum storage tanks
and covers the cost of cleanup
associated with releases from residential
heating oil tanks.
A primary objective when the Nevada
legislature authorized the Fund is the
protection of the State’s environment,
specifically the supplies of water. The
Nevada legislature made these findings
part of the statutory authorization in
NRS 445C.290 and charged the Nevada
Board to Review Claims (Board) with
assisting in the prompt cleanup of any
discharge of petroleum from a storage
tank located in Nevada.
A ‘‘Record of Decision’’ for the
Nevada Petroleum Fund Board to
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review claims regarding reimbursement
for cleanup of petroleum storage tank
discharges has been prepared and is
available upon request from Maggie
Rhodes, Director, Financial Assistance
Programs Division, NRCS, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 5237
South Building, Washington, DC 20250.
This determination is in accordance
with Section 126 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (26
U.S.C. 126), and permits recipients of
cost share payments to exclude such
payments from gross income to the
extent allowed by the Internal Revenue
Service.
Matthew Lohr,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation
Service.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
certain heavy walled rectangular welded
steel pipes and tubes of rectangular
(including square) cross section, having
a nominal wall thickness of not less
than 4 mm. The subject merchandise is
currently provided for in item
7306.61.1000 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Subject merchandise may also enter
under HTSUS 7306.61.3000. While the
HTSUS subheadings and ASTM
specification are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description is dispositive.3
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Analysis of Comments Received
International Trade Administration
A list of the issues raised by
interested parties and to which we
responded in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is provided in the
appendix to this notice. The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the
main Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and electronic versions
of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
[C–489–825]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Turkey: Final Results
of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are not being
provided to Ozdemir Boru Profil San.
Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Ozdemir), an exporter/
producer of heavy walled rectangular
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes
(HWR pipes and tubes) from the
Republic of Turkey (Turkey), during the
period of review (POR) January 1, 2017
through December 31, 2017.
DATES: Applicable December 23, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jaron Moore or Janae Martin, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3640 or (202) 482–0238,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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description of the events that occurred
since the Preliminary Results, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.2 The
deadline for the final results of this
administrative review is December 19,
2019.
Background
On August 21, 2019, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review.1 For a
1 See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon
Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Turkey:
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Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). For each of the subsidy programs
found countervailable, we find that
there is a subsidy, i.e., a governmentprovided financial contribution that
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific. For a
full description of the methodology
underlying Commerce’s conclusions,
see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Final Results of Administrative Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5), we determine the
following net countervailable subsidy
rate for Ozdemir during the period
January 1, 2017 through December 31,
2017:
Company
Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve
Tic. Ltd. Sti ........................
Subsidy rate
(percent)
0.24 (de
minimis)
Assessment Rates
Commerce shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b).4
Because we calculated a de minimis
margin for Ozdemir in the final results
of this review, we intend to instruct CBP
to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to countervailing duties.
Commerce intends to issue the
appropriate assessment instructions to
CBP 15 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review.
Changes From the Preliminary Results
Cash Deposit Requirement
Based on our analysis of the
comments received, Commerce made
certain revisions to the subsidy rate
calculations for Ozdemir. The Issues
and Decision Memorandum contains
descriptions of these revisions.
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, Commerce also intends to instruct
CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the
appropriate rates. For shipments of
subject merchandise by Ozdemir
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of these final results, the
cash deposit rate will be zero. For all
non-reviewed firms, we will instruct
CBP to continue to collect cash deposits
at the most-recent company-specific or
all-others rate applicable to the
company, as appropriate. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2017, 84 FR 43583 (August
21, 2019) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results: Administrative
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Heavy
Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from the Republic of Turkey,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum), at 2.
3 For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see Issues and Decision Memorandum at 2–
3.
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4 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act; 19 CFR
351.212(b).
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
[Docket ID: NRCS-2019-0021]
The Secretary of Agriculture's Determination of the Primary
Purpose of the Nevada Petroleum Claims Fund for the Cleanup of
Petroleum Discharge From Storage
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of Determination.
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SUMMARY: NRCS is providing public notice that the Secretary of
Agriculture has determined that cost share payments made by the Nevada
Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) are primarily for the
purpose of conserving soil and water resources or protecting and
restoring the environment. NRCS was assigned technical and
administrative responsibility for reviewing NDEP's Petroleum Claims
Fund program and for making appropriate recommendations for the
Secretary's determination of primary purpose. The Secretary made the
determination for the State of Nevada's Petroleum Claims Fund program
administered by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Lovato, Division Administrator,
Nevada Petroleum Claims Fund, 901 S Stewart Street, Carson City, Nevada
89701 or Maggie Rhodes, Director, Financial Assistance Programs
Division, Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 5237 South Building,
Washington, DC 20250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Section 126(a) (8) of the Internal
Revenue Code, gross income does not include the ``excludable portion''
of payments received under any program of a State, or a political
subdivision of a State, under which payments are made to individuals
primarily for the purpose of protecting or restoring the environment.
In general, a cost share payment for selected conservation practices is
exempt from Federal taxation if it meets three tests: (1) It was for a
capital expense, (2) it does not substantially increase the operator's
annual income from the property for which it is made, and (3) the
Secretary of Agriculture certified that the payment was made primarily
for conserving soil and water resources, protecting or restoring the
environment, improving forests, or providing habitat for wildlife.
The Secretary of Agriculture evaluates a conservation program on
the basis of criteria set forth in 7 CFR part 14 and makes a ``primary
purpose'' determination for the payments made under the program. The
objective of the determination made under part 14 is to provide maximum
conservation, environmental, forestry improvement, and wildlife
benefits to the general public from the operation of applicable
programs. Final determinations are made based on program, category of
practices, or individual practices.
Following a primary purpose determination by the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of the Treasury determines if the payments
made under the conservation program substantially increases the annual
income derived from the property benefited by the payments.
From this Federal action, approving tax deferral will not result in
impacts to the environment, therefore, no further National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation will be prepared.
Determination: As provided for by Section 126 of the Internal
Revenue Code, the Secretary examined the authorizing legislation,
regulations, and operating procedures regarding the NDEP's Nevada
Petroleum Claims Fund program. In accordance with the criteria set out
in 7 CFR part 14, the Secretary has determined the primary purpose of
cost share payments made under Nevada Petroleum Claims Fund program is
conserving soil and water resources or protecting and restoring the
environment.
The State of Nevada Petroleum Fund was initially implemented in
1989 by State legislation to assist owners and operators of regulated
underground storage tanks in meeting the Federal requirements for
financial responsibility, pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) 40 CFR 280.90 through 280.99. The Fund also allows voluntary
enrollment of eligible non-regulated petroleum storage tanks and covers
the cost of cleanup associated with releases from residential heating
oil tanks.
A primary objective when the Nevada legislature authorized the Fund
is the protection of the State's environment, specifically the supplies
of water. The Nevada legislature made these findings part of the
statutory authorization in NRS 445C.290 and charged the Nevada Board to
Review Claims (Board) with assisting in the prompt cleanup of any
discharge of petroleum from a storage tank located in Nevada.
A ``Record of Decision'' for the Nevada Petroleum Fund Board to
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review claims regarding reimbursement for cleanup of petroleum storage
tank discharges has been prepared and is available upon request from
Maggie Rhodes, Director, Financial Assistance Programs Division, NRCS,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 5237 South Building, Washington, DC
20250.
This determination is in accordance with Section 126 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (26 U.S.C. 126), and permits
recipients of cost share payments to exclude such payments from gross
income to the extent allowed by the Internal Revenue Service.
Matthew Lohr,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-27581 Filed 12-20-19; 8:45 am]
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