Polyethylene Terephthalate Sheet From the Sultanate of Oman: Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review and Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order, 69252-69253 [2022-25200]

Download as PDF 69252 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 222 / Friday, November 18, 2022 / Notices action is warranted; (2) issues a warning letter; (3) issues a proposed charging letter and attempts to settle the matter; (4) issues a charging letter if settlement is not reached; and/or (5) refers the matter to the U.S. Department of Justice for criminal prosecution. II. Method of Collection cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2022–25208 Filed 11–17–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–33–P Electronic. III. Data DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OMB Control Number: 0694–0058. Form Number(s): None. Type of Review: Regular submission, extension of a current information collection. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 488. Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,880. Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: 0. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: EAR Sections 764.5, and 764.7. International Trade Administration khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES IV. Request for Comments We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 may ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:46 Nov 17, 2022 Jkt 259001 [A–523–813] Polyethylene Terephthalate Sheet From the Sultanate of Oman: Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review and Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: Based on a request from Advanced Extrusion, Inc., Good Natured Products, IL dba Ex-Tech Inc., and Multi-Plastics Extrusions, Inc. (collectively, the petitioners), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a changed circumstances review (CCR) to consider the possible revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman). DATES: Applicable November 18, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bauer, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3860. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background On September 10, 2020, Commerce published an AD order on PET sheet from Oman.1 On October 26, 2022, the petitioners (i.e., domestic producers of subject merchandise) requested, through a CCR, the revocation of the Order pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1).2 Scope of the Order The merchandise covered by the Order is raw, pretreated, or primed 1 See Polyethylene Terephthalate Sheet from the Republic of Korea and the Sultanate of Oman: Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 55824 (September 10, 2020) (Order). 2 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Request for a ‘‘No Interest’’ Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation of the Order,’’ dated October 26, 2022. PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 polyethylene terephthalate sheet, whether extruded or coextruded, in nominal thicknesses of equal to or greater than 7 mil (0.007 inches or 177.8 mm) and not exceeding 45 mil (0.045 inches or 1143 mm) (PET sheet). The scope includes all PET sheet whether made from prime (virgin) inputs or recycled inputs, as well as any blends thereof. The scope includes all PET sheet meeting the above specifications regardless of width, color, surface treatment, coating, lamination, or other surface finish. The merchandise subject to the Order is properly classified under statistical reporting subheading 3920.62.0090 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope is dispositive. Initiation of CCR and Consideration of Revocation of the Order Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Act, Commerce will conduct a CCR upon receipt of a request from an interested party 3 that shows changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce determines that the information submitted by the petitioners, i.e., their statement of no interest in the continued maintenance of the Order, constitutes a sufficient basis to conduct a CCR of the Order. Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that Commerce may revoke an order (in whole or in part) if it determines that producers accounting for substantially all of the production of the domestic like product have expressed a lack of interest in the order, in whole or in part. In its administrative practice, Commerce has interpreted ‘‘substantially all’’ to mean producers accounting for at least 85 percent of the total U.S. production of the domestic like product covered by the order.4 The petitioners stated that they were the sole petitioners in the original investigation, but that they did not 3 The petitioners reported, in their request for a CCR, that they are U.S.-based producers of PET sheet. As such, the petitioners are an interested party within the meaning of section 771(9)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(v). 4 See, e.g., Certain Cased Pencils from the People’s Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, and Intent to Revoke Order in Part, 77 FR 42276 (July 18, 2012), unchanged in Certain Cased Pencils from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, and Determination to Revoke Order, in Part, 77 FR 53176 (August 31, 2012). E:\FR\FM\18NON1.SGM 18NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 222 / Friday, November 18, 2022 / Notices know whether they account for substantially all of the U.S. production of the domestic like product covered by the Order. Accordingly, we are not combining this notice of initiation with a preliminary determination, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). Rather, we will provide interested parties with an opportunity to address the issue of domestic industry support with respect to the revocation of the Order, as explained below. After examining comments, if any, concerning domestic industry support for revocation, we will issue the preliminary results of this CCR. Dated: November 14, 2022. James Maeder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. Public Comment Interested parties are invited to provide comments and/or factual information regarding this CCR, including comments on industry support. Any comments and factual information must be submitted to Commerce no later than ten days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal comments and rebuttal factual information must be filed with Commerce no later than seven days after the initial comments and/or factual information submissions.5 All submissions must be filed electronically using Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).6 An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due dates set forth in this notice. Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary information until further notice.7 AGENCY: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Preliminary and Final Results of the CCR Commerce intends to publish in the Federal Register a notice of the preliminary results of this CCR in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i). Commerce will set forth its preliminary factual and legal conclusions in that notice. Unless extended, Commerce will issue the final results of this CCR is accordance with the time limits set forth in 19 CFR 351.216(e). Notification to Interested Parties This initiation notice is published in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(1). 5 Submissions of rebuttal factual information must comply with 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). 6 See generally 19 CFR 351.303. 7 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:46 Nov 17, 2022 Jkt 259001 [FR Doc. 2022–25200 Filed 11–17–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XC561] North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meetings. SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet December 5, 2022, through December 14, 2022. DATES: The meetings will be held Monday, December 5, 2022, through Wednesday, December 14, 2022. ADDRESSES: The meetings will be a hybrid conference. The in-person component of the meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W 3rd Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, or join the meeting online through the links at https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings. Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 3rd Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. Instructions for attending the meeting via web conference are given under Connection Information below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Evans, Council staff; email: diana.evans@noaa.gov; telephone: (907) 271–2809. For technical support, please contact our Council administrative staff, email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 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Agenda Monday, December 5, 2022, Through Wednesday, December 7, 2022 The SSC agenda will include the following issues: (1) Administrative Issues; (2) Snow crab rebuilding analysis— Initial Review; (3) Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Groundfish—(a) Bering Sea (BS) and Aleutian Islands (AI) Ecosystem Status Reports, (b) Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report, (c) adopt Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC)/Over Fishing Limits (OFLs); (d) Plan Team report; (4) Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish—(a) GOA Ecosystem Status Report, (b) SAFE report, (c) adopt ABC/ OFLs, (d) Plan Team report. The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ Details/2963 prior to the meeting, along with meeting materials. In addition to providing ongoing scientific advice for fishery management decisions, the SSC functions as the Council’s primary peer review panel for scientific information, as described by the Magnuson-Stevens Act section 302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 2 guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peerreview process is also deemed to satisfy the requirements of the Information Quality Act, including the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Peer Review Bulletin guidelines. Tuesday, December 6, 2022, Through Friday, December 9, 2022 The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues: (1) Administrative Issues; (2) Snow crab rebuilding analysis— Initial Review; (3) Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery Management Plan (FMP) amendment— Initial Review; (4) Salmon bycatch: Review—(a) Salmon findings of State of Alaska Bycatch Taskforce; (b) Chum salmon bycatch discussion paper; (c) Salmon Bycatch Committee report; (5) BSAI Groundfish—(a) BS and AI Ecosystem Status Reports, (b) SAFE report, (c) adopt ABC/OFLs; (d) Plan Team report; E:\FR\FM\18NON1.SGM 18NON1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-813]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Sheet From the Sultanate of Oman: 
Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review and Consideration 
of Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: Based on a request from Advanced Extrusion, Inc., Good Natured 
Products, IL dba Ex-Tech Inc., and Multi-Plastics Extrusions, Inc. 
(collectively, the petitioners), the U.S. Department of Commerce 
(Commerce) is initiating a changed circumstances review (CCR) to 
consider the possible revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on 
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet from the Sultanate of Oman 
(Oman).

DATES: Applicable November 18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bauer, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3860.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 10, 2020, Commerce published an AD order on PET sheet 
from Oman.\1\ On October 26, 2022, the petitioners (i.e., domestic 
producers of subject merchandise) requested, through a CCR, the 
revocation of the Order pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1).\2\
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Terephthalate Sheet from the Republic of 
Korea and the Sultanate of Oman: Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 
55824 (September 10, 2020) (Order).
    \2\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Request for a ``No Interest'' 
Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation of the Order,'' dated 
October 26, 2022.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is raw, pretreated, or primed 
polyethylene terephthalate sheet, whether extruded or coextruded, in 
nominal thicknesses of equal to or greater than 7 mil (0.007 inches or 
177.8 [micro]m) and not exceeding 45 mil (0.045 inches or 1143 
[micro]m) (PET sheet). The scope includes all PET sheet whether made 
from prime (virgin) inputs or recycled inputs, as well as any blends 
thereof. The scope includes all PET sheet meeting the above 
specifications regardless of width, color, surface treatment, coating, 
lamination, or other surface finish.
    The merchandise subject to the Order is properly classified under 
statistical reporting subheading 3920.62.0090 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope is dispositive.

Initiation of CCR and Consideration of Revocation of the Order

    Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Act, Commerce will conduct a CCR 
upon receipt of a request from an interested party \3\ that shows 
changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce determines that the 
information submitted by the petitioners, i.e., their statement of no 
interest in the continued maintenance of the Order, constitutes a 
sufficient basis to conduct a CCR of the Order.
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    \3\ The petitioners reported, in their request for a CCR, that 
they are U.S.-based producers of PET sheet. As such, the petitioners 
are an interested party within the meaning of section 771(9)(C) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(v).
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    Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide 
that Commerce may revoke an order (in whole or in part) if it 
determines that producers accounting for substantially all of the 
production of the domestic like product have expressed a lack of 
interest in the order, in whole or in part. In its administrative 
practice, Commerce has interpreted ``substantially all'' to mean 
producers accounting for at least 85 percent of the total U.S. 
production of the domestic like product covered by the order.\4\
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    \4\ See, e.g., Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic 
of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review, and Intent to Revoke Order in Part, 77 
FR 42276 (July 18, 2012), unchanged in Certain Cased Pencils from 
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review, and Determination to Revoke Order, in 
Part, 77 FR 53176 (August 31, 2012).
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    The petitioners stated that they were the sole petitioners in the 
original investigation, but that they did not

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know whether they account for substantially all of the U.S. production 
of the domestic like product covered by the Order. Accordingly, we are 
not combining this notice of initiation with a preliminary 
determination, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). Rather, we will 
provide interested parties with an opportunity to address the issue of 
domestic industry support with respect to the revocation of the Order, 
as explained below. After examining comments, if any, concerning 
domestic industry support for revocation, we will issue the preliminary 
results of this CCR.

Public Comment

    Interested parties are invited to provide comments and/or factual 
information regarding this CCR, including comments on industry support. 
Any comments and factual information must be submitted to Commerce no 
later than ten days after the date of publication of this notice. 
Rebuttal comments and rebuttal factual information must be filed with 
Commerce no later than seven days after the initial comments and/or 
factual information submissions.\5\ All submissions must be filed 
electronically using Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).\6\ 
An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its 
entirety by ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due dates set 
forth in this notice. Note that Commerce has temporarily modified 
certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business 
proprietary information until further notice.\7\
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    \5\ Submissions of rebuttal factual information must comply with 
19 CFR 351.301(b)(2).
    \6\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
    \7\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 
to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 
2020).
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Preliminary and Final Results of the CCR

    Commerce intends to publish in the Federal Register a notice of the 
preliminary results of this CCR in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) 
and (c)(3)(i). Commerce will set forth its preliminary factual and 
legal conclusions in that notice. Unless extended, Commerce will issue 
the final results of this CCR is accordance with the time limits set 
forth in 19 CFR 351.216(e).

Notification to Interested Parties

    This initiation notice is published in accordance with section 
751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(1).

    Dated: November 14, 2022.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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