Large Diameter Welded Pipe From India: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 44961-44962 [2024-11207]
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Company
Subsidy rate
(percent
ad valorem)
Husteel Co., Ltd ....................
Hyundai Steel .......................
SeAH Steel ...........................
All-Others ..............................
* 0.01
* 0.44
27.42
9.29
* De minimis.
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the destruction of APO
materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these final results and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b),
and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.218.
Dated: May 15, 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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum
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I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or
Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates
Likely To Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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International Trade Administration
[C–533–882]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From
India: Final Results of the Expedited
First Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty
(CVD) order on large diameter welded
pipe (LDWP) from India would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the levels
indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of Sunset
Review’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable May 22, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Noah Wetzel, 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) 482–7466.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Administrative Protective Order
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Background
On March 6, 2019, Commerce
published the Order on LDWP from
India.1 On February 1, 2024, Commerce
published the notice of initiation of the
first sunset review of the Order,
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and
19 CFR 351.218(c).2 On February 16,
2024, Commerce received a timely
notice of intent to participate from the
domestic interested party in the
underlying investigation, American Line
Pipe Producers Association Trade
Committee,3 within the 15-day deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).4
The domestic interested party claimed
interested party status within the
meaning of section 771(9)(F) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(viii) as an
association in which the majority of its
members are producers of the domestic
like product.5
On March 4, 2024, Commerce
received an adequate substantive
1 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from India:
Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 8085 (March 6,
2019) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89
FR 6499 (February 1, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
3 American Line Pipe Producers Association
Trade Committee was the petitioner in the
underlying investigation.
4 See Domestic Interested Party’s Letter, ‘‘Notice
of Intent to Participate,’’ dated February 16, 2024.
5 Id. at 2.
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response to the Initiation Notice from
the domestic interested party within the
30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i).6 Commerce received no
responses from the Government of India
(GOI) or from any other interested party.
In accordance with section 751(c)(3)(B)
of the Act, because Commerce did not
receive a substantive response from the
GOI or a respondent party, pursuant to
19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B) and
(e)(1)(ii)(C), respectively, we determined
that the respondent interested parties
did not provide an adequate response to
the Initiation Notice. Therefore,
consistent with 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and
(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), on March 22, 2024,
Commerce notified the International
Trade Commission that it did not
receive an adequate substantive
response from respondent interested
parties, and that it would conduct an
expedited (120-day) sunset review of the
Order.7
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is
large diameter welded pipe from India.
For a complete description of the scope
of the Order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.8
Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues
raised in this sunset review, including
the likelihood of the continuation or
recurrence of subsidization in the event
of revocation of the Order and the
countervailable subsidy rates likely to
prevail if the Order were to be revoked,
is provided in the accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum. A list of
the topics discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is attached as an
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), which is available to
registered users at https://access.
trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
6 See Domestic Interested Party’s Letter, ‘‘Large
Diameter Welded Carbon and Alloy Steel Line Pipe
from India: Substantive Response to Notice of
Initiation,’’ dated March 4, 2024 (Substantive
Response).
7 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews for
February 2024,’’ dated March 22, 2024.
8 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Large
Diameter Welded Pipe from India,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Final Results of Sunset Review
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and
752(b) of the Act, we determine that
revocation of the Order would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the
following net countervailable subsidy
rates:
Company
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the destruction of APO
materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these final results and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b),
and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.218.
Dated: May 15, 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.
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Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or
Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates
Likely To Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as
amended, and implementing
regulations, notification is hereby given
that a Letter of Authorization (LOA) has
been issued to the St. George Reef
Lighthouse Preservation Society
(Society) for the take of marine
mammals incidental to conducting
aircraft operations, lighthouse
renovation, light maintenance activities,
and tour operations on the St. George
Reef Lighthouse Station (Station) on
Northwest Seal Rock (NWSR).
DATES: This authorization is effective
from May 15, 2024 through May 14,
2027.
SUMMARY:
Administrative Protective Order
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Lighthouse
Repair and Tour Operations at
Northwest Seal Rock, California
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
541.15
ACTION
: Notice of issuance of letter of
541.15
541.15 authorization.
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valorem)
Bhushan Steel ......................
Welspun Trading Limited ......
All Others ..............................
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The LOA and supporting
documentation are available online at:
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/
incidental-take-authorizationlighthouse-repair-and-tour-operationsnorthwest-seal-rock. In case of problems
accessing these documents, please call
the contact listed below (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate
Fleming, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
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 the incidental
takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible
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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).
Summary of Request
On April 15, 2022, we issued a final
rule upon request from the Society for
authorization to take marine mammals
incidental to lighthouse maintenance
and preservation activities at NWSR,
offshore of Crescent City, CA (87 FR
22484). These activities include aircraft
operations, lighthouse renovation, light
maintenance activities, and tour
operations. These regulations include
mitigation, monitoring, and reporting
requirements for the incidental take of
marine mammals during the specified
activities.
NMFS previously issued an LOA
under the regulations that was effective
from May 15, 2022, through May 14,
2023 (87 FR 30918, May 20, 2022). The
Society has requested issuance of a
subsequent LOA for remaining work
described in the regulations, to be
effective until expiration of the
regulations on May 15, 2027.
The 2022 LOA included a
requirement for quarterly monitoring
report submissions, and the notice of
issuance for the 2022 LOA stated that
NMFS would reevaluate that
requirement prior to issuance of
subsequent LOAs to the Society. Upon
review of the Society’s reporting, NMFS
has determined that annual reporting is
sufficient, as allowed under the
regulations (50 CFR 217.55(b)(1)(i)).
Authorization
NMFS has issued an LOA to the
Society for the harassment of small
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-882]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From India: Final Results of the
Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on large diameter
welded pipe (LDWP) from India would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in
the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable May 22, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Noah Wetzel, 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) 482-7466.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 6, 2019, Commerce published the Order on LDWP from
India.\1\ On February 1, 2024, Commerce published the notice of
initiation of the first sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.218(c).\2\ On February 16, 2024, Commerce received a timely notice
of intent to participate from the domestic interested party in the
underlying investigation, American Line Pipe Producers Association
Trade Committee,\3\ within the 15-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ The domestic interested party claimed interested
party status within the meaning of section 771(9)(F) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.102(b)(29)(viii) as an association in which the majority of its
members are producers of the domestic like product.\5\
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from India: Countervailing
Duty Order, 84 FR 8085 (March 6, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 6499
(February 1, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
\3\ American Line Pipe Producers Association Trade Committee was
the petitioner in the underlying investigation.
\4\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letter, ``Notice of Intent
to Participate,'' dated February 16, 2024.
\5\ Id. at 2.
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On March 4, 2024, Commerce received an adequate substantive
response to the Initiation Notice from the domestic interested party
within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\6\
Commerce received no responses from the Government of India (GOI) or
from any other interested party. In accordance with section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act, because Commerce did not receive a substantive
response from the GOI or a respondent party, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B) and (e)(1)(ii)(C), respectively, we determined
that the respondent interested parties did not provide an adequate
response to the Initiation Notice. Therefore, consistent with 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), on March 22, 2024,
Commerce notified the International Trade Commission that it did not
receive an adequate substantive response from respondent interested
parties, and that it would conduct an expedited (120-day) sunset review
of the Order.\7\
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\6\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letter, ``Large Diameter
Welded Carbon and Alloy Steel Line Pipe from India: Substantive
Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated March 4, 2024 (Substantive
Response).
\7\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews for February 2024,''
dated March 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is large diameter welded pipe from
India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results
of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Large Diameter Welded Pipe from India,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review,
including the likelihood of the continuation or recurrence of
subsidization in the event of revocation of the Order and the
countervailable subsidy rates likely to prevail if the Order were to be
revoked, is provided in the accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is attached as an 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), which is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
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at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNotices/ListLayout.aspx.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, we determine
that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following net
countervailable subsidy rates:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Bhushan Steel........................................... 541.15
Welspun Trading Limited................................. 541.15
All Others.............................................. 541.15
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a), which continues to govern
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding.
Timely written notification of the destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is
subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results and this
notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: May 15, 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely To Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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