Extension of Deadline for Public Comments for Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Laminations for Stacked Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Stacked Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators, 35899-35900 [2020-12759]
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Evaluation, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTIONS: Extension of comment period.
Christopher.Kemp@trade.gov or (202)
482–0862.
Dated: June 8, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–12705 Filed 6–11–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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[S–59–2020]
Approval of Subzone Status; Oldach
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Bureau of Industry and Security
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Extension of Deadline for Public
Comments for Section 232 National
Security Investigation of Imports of
Laminations for Stacked Cores for
Incorporation Into Transformers,
Stacked Cores for Incorporation Into
Transformers, Wound Cores for
Incorporation Into Transformers,
Electrical Transformers, and
Transformer Regulators
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Office of Technology
AGENCY:
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On May 19, 2020, the Bureau
of Industry and Security (BIS) published
the Notice of Request for Public
Comments on Section 232 National
Security Investigation of Imports of
Laminations for Stacked Cores for
Incorporation into Transformers,
Stacked Cores for Incorporation into
Transformers, Wound Cores for
Incorporation into Transformers,
Electrical Transformers, and
Transformer Regulators. Today’s notice
extends the deadline for written
comments to July 3, 2020 and for
rebuttal comments to July 24, 2020.
DATES: The comment period for the
proposed rule published May 19, 2020
at 85 FR 29926, is extended until July
3, 2020. The due date for rebuttal
comments is July 24, 2020. Rebuttal
comments may only address issues
raised in comments filed on or before
July 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submissions: All written
comments on the notice must be
addressed to Section 232 Electrical Steel
Investigation and filed through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. To submit
comments via https://
www.regulations.gov, enter docket
number BIS–2020–0015 on the home
page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will
provide a search results page listing all
documents associated with this docket.
Find a reference to this notice and click
on the link entitled ‘‘Comment Now!’’
(For further information on using https://
www.regulations.gov, please consult the
resources provided on the website by
clicking on ‘‘How to Use This Site.’’)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Industrial Studies Division, Bureau of
Industry and Security, U.S. Department
of Commerce (202) 482–4952,
ESproducts232@bis.doc.gov. For more
information about the section 232
program, including the regulations and
the text of previous investigations,
please see www.bis.doc.gov/232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Background
On May 19, 2020, the Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS) published
the Notice of Request for Public
Comments on Section 232 National
Security Investigation of Imports of
Laminations for Stacked Cores for
Incorporation into Transformers,
Stacked Cores for Incorporation Into
Transformers, Wound Cores for
Incorporation Into Transformers,
Electrical Transformers, and
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35899
Transformer Regulators (85 FR 29926).
The May 19 notice specified that on
May 11, 2020, based on inquiries and
requests from interested parties in the
United States, including multiple
Members of Congress, a domestic GrainOriented Electrical Steel (GOES)
manufacturer, and producers of Power
and Distribution Transformers, the
Secretary of Commerce had initiated an
investigation to determine the effects on
the national security of imports of
Laminations for Stacked Cores for
Incorporation into Transformers,
Stacked Cores for Incorporation Into
Transformers, Wound Cores for
Incorporation Into Transformers,
Electrical Transformers, and
Transformer Regulators. This
investigation was initiated under
section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862).
See the May 19 notice for additional
details on the investigation and the
request for public comments.
Extension of Comment Period Deadline
The May 19 notice included a
comment period deadline of June 9,
2020 and a rebuttal comment deadline
of June 19, 2020. The Department
received two requests from the public to
extend the comment period deadline,
both from trade associations. The
Department of Commerce has
determined at this time that it is
warranted to extend the comment
period by twenty-four calendar days and
the rebuttal comment period by an
additional twenty-one days after the
comment period ends. Today’s notice
specifies that comments may be
submitted at any time but must be
received by July 3, 2020, to be
considered in the drafting of the final
report. The due date for rebuttal
comments is July 24, 2020, to be
considered in the drafting of the final
report. Rebuttal comments may only
address issues raised in comments filed
on or before July 3, 2020.
Today’s notice extends the comment
period by twenty-four days and the
rebuttal comment period by an
additional twenty-one days after the end
of the comment period to allow for
additional time for the public to submit
comments to be considered in the
drafting of the final report on the
investigation of imports of Laminations
for Stacked Cores for Incorporation into
Transformers, Stacked Cores for
Incorporation Into Transformers,
Wound Cores for Incorporation Into
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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 114 / Friday, June 12, 2020 / Notices
Transformers, Electrical Transformers,
and Transformer Regulators.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020–12759 Filed 6–9–20; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–118]
Wood Mouldings and Millwork
Products From the People’s Republic
of China: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination With
Final Antidumping Duty Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers and exporters of
wood mouldings and millwork products
(millwork products) from the People’s
Republic of China (China). The period
of investigation is January 1, 2019
through December 31, 2019. Interested
parties are invited to comment on this
preliminary determination.
DATES: Applicable June 12, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Irene Gorelik or Faris Montgomery, 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) 482–6905 or
(202) 482–1537, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
This preliminary determination is
made in accordance with section 703(b)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). Commerce published the
notice of initiation of this investigation
on February 5, 2020.1 On March 12,
2020, Commerce postponed the
preliminary determination of this
investigation and the revised deadline is
now June 8, 2020.2 For a complete
description of the events that followed
the initiation of this investigation, see
1 See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products
from the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 85 FR 6513
(February 5, 2020) (Initiation Notice).
2 See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products
from the People’s Republic of China: Postponement
of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty
Investigation, 85 FR 15433 (March 12, 2020).
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the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.3 A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix
II to this notice. The Preliminary
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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed and electronic versions of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
are identical in content.
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this
investigation are millwork products
from China. For a complete description
of the scope of this investigation, see
Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In accordance with the preamble to
Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation
Notice set aside a period of time for
parties to raise issues regarding product
coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested
parties commented on the scope of the
investigation as it appeared in the
Initiation Notice. Commerce intends to
issue its preliminary decision regarding
comments concerning the scope of the
antidumping (AD) and countervailing
(CVD) investigations of millwork
products from Brazil and China with the
preliminary determinations of the AD
investigations.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
investigation in accordance with section
701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy
programs found countervailable,
Commerce preliminarily determines
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial
contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific.6
Commerce notes that, in making these
findings, it relied, in part, on facts
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Determination of the
Countervailing Duty Investigation of Wood
Mouldings and Millwork Products from the
People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,
Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
5 See Initiation Notice.
6 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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available and, because it finds that one
or more respondents did not act to the
best of their ability to respond to
Commerce’s requests for information, it
drew an adverse inference where
appropriate in selecting from among the
facts otherwise available.7 For further
information, see ‘‘Use of Facts
Otherwise Available and Adverse
Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Alignment
As noted in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, in accordance with
section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the
final CVD determination in this
investigation with the final
determination in the companion AD
investigation of millwork products from
China based on a request made by the
petitioner.8 Consequently, the final CVD
determination will be issued on the
same date as the final AD
determination, which is currently
scheduled to be issued no later than
October 19, 2020, unless postponed.
All-Others Rate
Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of
the Act provide that in the preliminary
determination, Commerce shall
determine an estimated all-others rate
for companies not individually
examined. This rate shall be an amount
equal to the weighted average of the
estimated subsidy rates established for
those companies individually
examined, excluding any zero and de
minimis rates and any rates based
entirely under section 776 of the Act. In
this investigation, as discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
Commerce preliminarily assigned a rate
based entirely on facts available to
Fujian Nanping Yuanqiao WoodIndustry Co., Ltd. Therefore, the only
preliminary rate that is not zero, de
minimis or based entirely on facts
otherwise available is the rate calculated
for Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading
Co., Ltd. (Yinfeng). Consequently, the
preliminary rate calculated for Yinfeng
is also assigned as the preliminary rate
for all other producers and exporters.
Preliminary Determination
Commerce preliminarily determines
that the following estimated
countervailable subsidy rates exist:
7 See
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Align
Countervailing Duty Investigation Final
Determination with Antidumping Duty
Investigation Final Determination,’’ dated May 4,
2020.
9 As discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, Commerce determines that Yinfeng
8 See
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
RIN 0694-XC062
Extension of Deadline for Public Comments for Section 232
National Security Investigation of Imports of Laminations for Stacked
Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Stacked Cores for
Incorporation Into Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation Into
Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Technology
Evaluation, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTIONS: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On May 19, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
published the Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232
National Security Investigation of Imports of Laminations for Stacked
Cores for Incorporation into Transformers, Stacked Cores for
Incorporation into Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation into
Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators.
Today's notice extends the deadline for written comments to July 3,
2020 and for rebuttal comments to July 24, 2020.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published May 19, 2020
at 85 FR 29926, is extended until July 3, 2020. The due date for
rebuttal comments is July 24, 2020. Rebuttal comments may only address
issues raised in comments filed on or before July 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submissions: All written comments on the notice must be
addressed to Section 232 Electrical Steel Investigation and filed
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. To
submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov, enter docket number
BIS-2020-0015 on the home page and click ``search.'' The site will
provide a search results page listing all documents associated with
this docket. Find a reference to this notice and click on the link
entitled ``Comment Now!'' (For further information on using https://www.regulations.gov, please consult the resources provided on the
website by clicking on ``How to Use This Site.'')
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Industrial Studies Division, Bureau of
Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (202) 482-4952,
[email protected]. For more information about the section 232
program, including the regulations and the text of previous
investigations, please see www.bis.doc.gov/232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 19, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
published the Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232
National Security Investigation of Imports of Laminations for Stacked
Cores for Incorporation into Transformers, Stacked Cores for
Incorporation Into Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation Into
Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators (85
FR 29926). The May 19 notice specified that on May 11, 2020, based on
inquiries and requests from interested parties in the United States,
including multiple Members of Congress, a domestic Grain-Oriented
Electrical Steel (GOES) manufacturer, and producers of Power and
Distribution Transformers, the Secretary of Commerce had initiated an
investigation to determine the effects on the national security of
imports of Laminations for Stacked Cores for Incorporation into
Transformers, Stacked Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Wound
Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and
Transformer Regulators. This investigation was initiated under section
232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862).
See the May 19 notice for additional details on the investigation and
the request for public comments.
Extension of Comment Period Deadline
The May 19 notice included a comment period deadline of June 9,
2020 and a rebuttal comment deadline of June 19, 2020. The Department
received two requests from the public to extend the comment period
deadline, both from trade associations. The Department of Commerce has
determined at this time that it is warranted to extend the comment
period by twenty-four calendar days and the rebuttal comment period by
an additional twenty-one days after the comment period ends. Today's
notice specifies that comments may be submitted at any time but must be
received by July 3, 2020, to be considered in the drafting of the final
report. The due date for rebuttal comments is July 24, 2020, to be
considered in the drafting of the final report. Rebuttal comments may
only address issues raised in comments filed on or before July 3, 2020.
Today's notice extends the comment period by twenty-four days and
the rebuttal comment period by an additional twenty-one days after the
end of the comment period to allow for additional time for the public
to submit comments to be considered in the drafting of the final report
on the investigation of imports of Laminations for Stacked Cores for
Incorporation into Transformers, Stacked Cores for Incorporation Into
Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation Into
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Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-12759 Filed 6-9-20; 4:15 pm]
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