Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of China: Expansion of the Period of Review and Supplemental Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 14055-14056 [2024-03857]
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decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this CCR.
We request that interested parties
include footnotes for relevant citations
in the executive summary of each issue.
Note that Commerce has amended
certain of its requirements pertaining to
the service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).14
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, limited to issues raised in the
case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a
written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS, within 30 days of publication
of this notice. Requests should contain
the following information: (1) the
party’s name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of participants;
and (3) a list of issues to be discussed.
If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce will inform parties of the
time and date for the hearing.
Final Results of Review
Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e),
we intend to issue the final results of
this CCR no later than 270 days after the
date on which this review was initiated.
If we continue to find that Garware HiTech is the successor-in-interest to
Garware Polyester, we will assign
Garware Hi-Tech the cash deposit rate
currently assigned to Garware Polyester
(i.e., 4.45 percent).15
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results in accordance with
sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 20, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Successor-in-Interest Determination
V. Recommendation
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14 See
APO and Final Service Rule.
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet,
and Strip from India: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2017–2018, 85 FR
14883, 14884 (March 16, 2020), as amended by
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip
from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018; Correction, 88
FR 87751 (December 19, 2023).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–084, C–570–085]
Certain Quartz Surface Products From
the People’s Republic of China:
Expansion of the Period of Review and
Supplemental Opportunity To Request
Administrative Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) is expanding the
period of review (POR) for the current
antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD)
administrative reviews of certain quartz
surface products (quartz surface
products) from the People’s Republic of
China (China) to include entries
suspended by the final scope ruling on
Malaysian processed quartz slab prior to
the current POR of the instant reviews.
Additionally, Commerce is providing a
supplemental opportunity for interested
parties to request a review of certain
companies currently ineligible for the
scope certification process with
suspended entries during the expanded
POR solely for the purposes of
examining their certification status.
DATES: Supplemental requests for
review must be submitted no later than
March 11, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay
K. Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IX, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–0208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On October 21, 2022, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
final scope ruling on Malaysian
processed quartz slab, finding that
imports of quartz slab manufactured in
China and processed in Malaysia are
covered by the AD and CVD orders on
quartz surface products from China.1 As
part of this determination, Commerce
implemented a certification requirement
for all imports of quartz surface
products from Malaysia, effective
November 4, 2021, and also directed
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to suspend liquidation and
1 See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the
People’s Republic of China: Final Scope Ruling on
Malaysian Processed Quartz Slab and Recission of
the Circumvention Inquiry, 87 FR 64009, 64010
(October 21, 2022) (Malaysia Processed Final Scope
Ruling).
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require cash deposit for entries subject
to the scope inquiry retroactive to this
same date.2
On July 3, 2023, Commerce notified
interested parties of the opportunity to
request administrative reviews of the
AD and CVD orders on quartz surface
products from China for the periods: (1)
July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023 for
the AD administrative review; and (2)
January 1, 2022, through December 31,
2022 for the CVD administrative
review.3 On September 11, 2023,
Commerce initiated administrative
reviews of the AD and CVD orders on
quartz surface products from China for
these periods.4
Expanding the PORs of the AD and CVD
Administrative Reviews
As noted above, in the Malaysia
Processed Final Scope Ruling published
on October 21, 2022, Commerce
imposed a certification requirement and
also directed CBP to suspend
liquidation and require cash deposit for
entries subject to the inquiry effective
November 4, 2021.5 Therefore,
consistent with 19 CFR 351.213(e)(1)–
(2),6 to ensure that Commerce is
examining all suspended entries which
were not previously under review, we
are expanding the ongoing AD and CVD
administrative reviews to cover the
following periods: (1) November 1,
2021, through June 30, 2023 for the AD
administrative review; and (2)
November 1, 2021, through December
31, 2022 for the CVD administrative
review.
Supplemental Opportunity To Request
Administrative Review
In the Malaysia Processed Final Scope
Ruling, we determined that the
following companies were ineligible
from participating in the scope
certification process because they did
not fully participate in the proceeding:
Bada Industries SDN BHD (Bada
Industries); Ever Stone World SDN BHD
(Ever Stone); Karina Stone; MSI
Building Supply SDN (MSI); Principal
Safwa (M) SDN (Principal Safwa);
Resstone Manufacturing (Resstone);
2 Id.
3 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual
Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 42693 (July 3, 2023).
4 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
62322 (September 11, 2023) (Initiation Notice).
5 See Malaysian Processed Final Scope Ruling, 87
FR at 64010.
6 See 19 CFR 351.213(e)(1)–(2), which provides
that ‘‘{w}hile AD/CVD reviews normally are limited
to 12 months or the calendar year, Commerce has
the discretion to determine the period under
review.’’
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SCLM Services SDN BHD (SCLM);
Unique Stone SDN BHD (Unique Stone);
and Universal Quartz. We are
conducting the ongoing AD and CVD
administrative reviews to reconsider the
eligibility of Bada Industries, Karina
Stone, and Universal Quartz from the
certification process.7
With this notice, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.213(b), we are affording
interested parties, as defined by section
771(9) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, with a supplemental
opportunity to request in writing that
the Secretary conduct an administrative
review to review the certification
eligibility of any of the following
companies: Ever Stone; MSI; Principal
Safwa; Resstone; SCLM; and Unique
Stone. For both the AD and CVD
administrative reviews, the requestor
must specify for which of these
companies it is requesting a review.
The deadline for parties to file a
request for review of the certification
status of these entities is not later than
14 days from the date of publication of
this notice. If interested parties submit
a request for review of any of these
companies, Commerce’s review will be
limited to the company’s eligibility to
participate in the certification process.
Moreover, Commerce will only include
those companies in the AD and CVD
administrative reviews which have
suspended entries of subject
merchandise during the expanded PORs
(i.e., November 1, 2021, through June
30, 2023 for the AD administrative
review; and November 1, 2021, through
December 31, 2022 for the CVD
administrative review).
All review requests must be filed
electronically in Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS) at
https://access.trade.gov.8 Further, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(l)(i),
a copy of each request must be served
on the petitioner and each exporter or
producer specified in the request. Note
that Commerce has amended certain of
its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).9
Commerce intends to publish in the
Federal Register a supplementary
initiation notice for all timely filed
7 See
Initiation Notice, 88 FR 62322.
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011).
9 See Administrative Protective Order, Service,
and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR
67069 (September 29, 2023).
8 See
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review requests which satisfy the
requirements noted above.
Continued Suspension of Liquidation
Commerce previously issued
instructions to CBP directing the
assessment of antidumping or
countervailing duties on entries not
currently under review at a rate equal to
the cash deposit of estimated
antidumping or countervailing duties
required on those entries at the time of
entry, or withdrawal from warehouse,
for consumption. In the event that
Commerce receives additional review
requests for the companies listed above,
Commerce intends to amend these
instructions to direct CBP to continue to
suspend liquidation of any unliquidated
entries made by companies
subsequently under review until the
completion of these administrative
reviews.
Dated: February 20, 2024.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to Geophysical Surveys
Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the
Gulf of Mexico
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of Letter of
Authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), as amended, its implementing
regulations, and NMFS’ MMPA
Regulations for Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Geophysical
Surveys Related to Oil and Gas
Activities in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM),
notification is hereby given that a Letter
of Authorization (LOA) has been issued
to LLOG Exploration Company (LLOG)
for the take of marine mammals
incidental to geophysical survey activity
in the GOM.
DATES: The LOA is effective from March
1, 2024 through April 19, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The LOA, LOA request, and
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online at: https://www.fisheries.
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In case of problems accessing these
documents, please call the contact listed
below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jenna Harlacher, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
upon request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
authorization is provided to the public
for review.
An authorization for incidental
takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s), will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
relevant), and if the permissible
methods of taking and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth. NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
resulting from the specified activity that
cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
not reasonably likely to, adversely affect
the species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.
Except with respect to certain
activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: any act of
pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
has the potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
the potential to disturb a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild by causing disruption of behavioral
patterns, including, but not limited to,
migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
feeding, or sheltering (Level B
harassment).
On January 19, 2021, we issued a final
rule with regulations to govern the
unintentional taking of marine
mammals incidental to geophysical
survey activities conducted by oil and
gas industry operators, and those
persons authorized to conduct activities
on their behalf (collectively ‘‘industry
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-084, C-570-085]
Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of
China: Expansion of the Period of Review and Supplemental Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is expanding the
period of review (POR) for the current antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD) administrative reviews of certain quartz
surface products (quartz surface products) from the People's Republic
of China (China) to include entries suspended by the final scope ruling
on Malaysian processed quartz slab prior to the current POR of the
instant reviews. Additionally, Commerce is providing a supplemental
opportunity for interested parties to request a review of certain
companies currently ineligible for the scope certification process with
suspended entries during the expanded POR solely for the purposes of
examining their certification status.
DATES: Supplemental requests for review must be submitted no later than
March 11, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay K. Menon, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-0208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 21, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
final scope ruling on Malaysian processed quartz slab, finding that
imports of quartz slab manufactured in China and processed in Malaysia
are covered by the AD and CVD orders on quartz surface products from
China.\1\ As part of this determination, Commerce implemented a
certification requirement for all imports of quartz surface products
from Malaysia, effective November 4, 2021, and also directed U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation and require
cash deposit for entries subject to the scope inquiry retroactive to
this same date.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's
Republic of China: Final Scope Ruling on Malaysian Processed Quartz
Slab and Recission of the Circumvention Inquiry, 87 FR 64009, 64010
(October 21, 2022) (Malaysia Processed Final Scope Ruling).
\2\ Id.
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On July 3, 2023, Commerce notified interested parties of the
opportunity to request administrative reviews of the AD and CVD orders
on quartz surface products from China for the periods: (1) July 1,
2022, through June 30, 2023 for the AD administrative review; and (2)
January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 for the CVD administrative
review.\3\ On September 11, 2023, Commerce initiated administrative
reviews of the AD and CVD orders on quartz surface products from China
for these periods.\4\
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\3\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 42693 (July 3,
2023).
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62322 (September 11, 2023) (Initiation
Notice).
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Expanding the PORs of the AD and CVD Administrative Reviews
As noted above, in the Malaysia Processed Final Scope Ruling
published on October 21, 2022, Commerce imposed a certification
requirement and also directed CBP to suspend liquidation and require
cash deposit for entries subject to the inquiry effective November 4,
2021.\5\ Therefore, consistent with 19 CFR 351.213(e)(1)-(2),\6\ to
ensure that Commerce is examining all suspended entries which were not
previously under review, we are expanding the ongoing AD and CVD
administrative reviews to cover the following periods: (1) November 1,
2021, through June 30, 2023 for the AD administrative review; and (2)
November 1, 2021, through December 31, 2022 for the CVD administrative
review.
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\5\ See Malaysian Processed Final Scope Ruling, 87 FR at 64010.
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.213(e)(1)-(2), which provides that
``{w{time} hile AD/CVD reviews normally are limited to 12 months or
the calendar year, Commerce has the discretion to determine the
period under review.''
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Supplemental Opportunity To Request Administrative Review
In the Malaysia Processed Final Scope Ruling, we determined that
the following companies were ineligible from participating in the scope
certification process because they did not fully participate in the
proceeding: Bada Industries SDN BHD (Bada Industries); Ever Stone World
SDN BHD (Ever Stone); Karina Stone; MSI Building Supply SDN (MSI);
Principal Safwa (M) SDN (Principal Safwa); Resstone Manufacturing
(Resstone);
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SCLM Services SDN BHD (SCLM); Unique Stone SDN BHD (Unique Stone); and
Universal Quartz. We are conducting the ongoing AD and CVD
administrative reviews to reconsider the eligibility of Bada
Industries, Karina Stone, and Universal Quartz from the certification
process.\7\
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\7\ See Initiation Notice, 88 FR 62322.
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With this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), we are
affording interested parties, as defined by section 771(9) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, with a supplemental opportunity to
request in writing that the Secretary conduct an administrative review
to review the certification eligibility of any of the following
companies: Ever Stone; MSI; Principal Safwa; Resstone; SCLM; and Unique
Stone. For both the AD and CVD administrative reviews, the requestor
must specify for which of these companies it is requesting a review.
The deadline for parties to file a request for review of the
certification status of these entities is not later than 14 days from
the date of publication of this notice. If interested parties submit a
request for review of any of these companies, Commerce's review will be
limited to the company's eligibility to participate in the
certification process. Moreover, Commerce will only include those
companies in the AD and CVD administrative reviews which have suspended
entries of subject merchandise during the expanded PORs (i.e., November
1, 2021, through June 30, 2023 for the AD administrative review; and
November 1, 2021, through December 31, 2022 for the CVD administrative
review).
All review requests must be filed electronically in Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS) at https://access.trade.gov.\8\ Further, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(l)(i), a copy of each request must be
served on the petitioner and each exporter or producer specified in the
request. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements
pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\9\
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\8\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
\9\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final
Rule, 88 FR 67069 (September 29, 2023).
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Commerce intends to publish in the Federal Register a supplementary
initiation notice for all timely filed review requests which satisfy
the requirements noted above.
Continued Suspension of Liquidation
Commerce previously issued instructions to CBP directing the
assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries not
currently under review at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated
antidumping or countervailing duties required on those entries at the
time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption. In the
event that Commerce receives additional review requests for the
companies listed above, Commerce intends to amend these instructions to
direct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of any unliquidated
entries made by companies subsequently under review until the
completion of these administrative reviews.
Dated: February 20, 2024.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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