Barium Chloride From the People's Republic of China and India: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Revoke the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 76448-76450 [2024-21224]

Download as PDF 76448 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 18, 2024 / Notices a. Identify and address environmental justice concerns in agency programs, policies, procedures and activities. b. Incorporate environmental justice principles into employee training programs to ensure that all staff understand their role in promoting environmental justice and are equipped with the necessary tools and knowledge. c. Expand and promote departmentwide capacity for environmental justice through training employees, incorporating it into relevant work plans, and hiring staff with environmental justice expertise. Request for Written Comments This notice is intended to improve Commerce’s understanding of public views on how the Department should advance environmental justice. This notice is a general solicitation for public comments and further sets forth specific topics for discussion and comment. Commerce seeks broad input from all interested stakeholders, including people and communities with environmental justice concerns as well as the public. Commenters are encouraged to address the following and may comment with general views or provide specific information about a specific topic. Responses may be formatted as the commenter prefers. Comments will be reviewed by Commerce staff and as appropriate, Commerce contractors, and may be used to inform the agency’s work on advancing environmental justice. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Topics To help guide input, Commerce would appreciate feedback on the following five questions: 1. Do the draft environmental justice strategic goals address general interests and concerns about the advancement of environmental justice by Commerce? Why or why not? 2. What actions should Commerce undertake to advance environmental justice? 3. What performance measures or metrics should Commerce establish to monitor progress towards advancing environmental justice? 4. What are examples of successful collaborations between Federal agencies and Tribal, territorial, local, and State governments or communities with environmental justice concerns? 5. How can Commerce better engage and collaborate effectively with Tribes, both federally and non-federally recognized, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Indigenous Peoples, including Indigenous migrant communities? VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Sep 17, 2024 Jkt 262001 Dated: September 12, 2024. Sarah E. Watling, Resilience, Climate Adaptation, and Environmental Justice Program Office, Department of Commerce. [FR Doc. 2024–21121 Filed 9–17–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–60–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–007, C–533–909] Barium Chloride From the People’s Republic of China and India: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Revoke the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: Based on a request from Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating and issuing preliminary results for changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on barium chloride from the People’s Republic of China (China) and the countervailing duty (CVD) order on barium chloride from India. We preliminarily determine that the AD order on barium chloride from China and the CVD order on barium chloride from India should be revoked, in their entirety. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable September 18, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sun Cho, AD/CVD Operations, Office V (China), and Harrison Tanchuck, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance (India), International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6458 and (202) 482–7421, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background On October 17, 1984, Commerce issued the AD order on barium chloride from China, and on March 7, 2023, issued the CVD order on barium chloride from India.1 On August 6 and September 5, 2024, Honeywell, an importer of barium chloride from China and India, requested that Commerce 1 See Antidumping Duty Order; Barium Chloride from the People’s Republic of China, 49 FR 40635 (October 17, 1984) (AD Order); and Barium Chloride from India: Countervailing Duty Order, 88 FR 14120 (March 7, 2023) (CVD Order) (collectively, Orders). PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 conduct expedited CCRs of the AD Order and the CVD Order, respectively, pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(b).2 Honeywell stated that it qualifies as an interested party pursuant to section 771(9)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(ii) as a U.S. importer of barium chloride.3 Honeywell submitted a letter from Chemical Products Corporation (CPC), the only domestic producer of the subject merchandise and the petitioner of the underlying Orders, stating that it is ceasing production of the subject merchandise in the United States and has ‘‘no objection to Honeywell’s changed circumstances review request.’’ 4 In its requests, Honeywell addressed the conditions under which Commerce may revoke an order in whole or in part pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222(g). Scope of the Orders The merchandise covered by the Orders is barium chloride, a chemical compound having the formulas BaC12 or BaC12–2H20, currently classifiable under subheading 2827.39.4500 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).5 Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of these Orders is dispositive. Initiation of CCRs Section 751(b)(1) of the Act states that Commerce shall conduct a CCR upon receipt of a request from an interested party that shows changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order. Section 751(d)(1) 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.6 Further, 19 CFR 351.222(g)(2) provides that Commerce will conduct a CCR under 19 CFR 351.216, and may revoke an order, in whole or in part, if 2 See Honeywell’s Letters, ‘‘Barium Chloride from the People’s Republic of China: Changed Circumstances Review Request,’’ dated August 6, 2024 (AD CCR Request); and ‘‘Barium Chloride from India: Changed Circumstances Review Request,’’ dated September 5, 2024 (CVD CCR Request). 3 See AD CCR Request at 2; see also CVD CCR request at 2. 4 See AD CCR Request at 3 and Exhibit 1; see also CVD CCR request at 5 and Exhibit 4. 5 The scope reflects the HTSUS subheading currently in effect. 6 See section 782(h) of the Act. E:\FR\FM\18SEN1.SGM 18SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 18, 2024 / Notices it determines that revocation is warranted. In the event that Commerce determines that ‘‘substantially all’’ domestic producers have expressed a lack of interest in an order, both the Act and Commerce’s regulations grant Commerce the authority to revoke the order.7 Commerce has interpreted ‘‘substantially all’’ to represent producers accounting for at least 85 percent of U.S. production of the domestic like product.8 Honeywell’s requests indicated that CPC is the sole producer of the domestic like product and, therefore, accounts for at least 85 percent of domestic production.9 In accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216(d), 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), and 19 CFR 351.222(g), we are initiating these CCRs. Section 751(b)(4)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(c) state that, ‘‘in the absence of good cause shown,’’ Commerce may not review a final determination less than 24 months after the date of publication of the notice of final determination or notice of suspension of an investigation. The final determination in the CVD investigation of barium chloride from India was published on January 6, 2023.10 CPC has ceased production of the subject merchandise in the United States and has indicated that it has no interest in the Orders; we find that these facts constitute ‘‘good cause’’ for the conduct of the CCR with respect to the CVD Order.11 Preliminary Results of CCRs If Commerce concludes that expedited action is warranted, it may concurrently publish the notice of initiation and preliminary results of a CCR.12 Commerce has combined the notice of initiation and preliminary results in 7 Id.; see also 19 CFR 351.222(g). 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). 9 See AD CCR Request at 2; see also CVD CCR Request at 2–3. 10 See Barium Chloride from India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 88 FR 1044 (January 6, 2023). 11 See 19 CFR 351.216(d); see also Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Canada: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 68 FR 62282, 62283–84 (November 3. 2003) (that ‘‘no further interest . . . in continuing the order . . . serves as good cause’’ sufficient to review a determination made less than 24 months after the date of publication an order). 12 See 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 8 See, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Sep 17, 2024 Jkt 262001 CCRs when sufficient documentation has been provided supporting the request to make a preliminary determination.13 In this instance, we determine that there is sufficient information on the record to support preliminary findings of changed circumstances.14 Accordingly, we find that expedited action is warranted, and we are combining the notice of initiation and the notice of preliminary results, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.222(g), Commerce preliminarily determines that there is a reasonable basis to believe that changed circumstances exist sufficient to warrant revocation of the Orders. Therefore, Commerce is notifying the public of its preliminary intent to revoke the Orders in whole. Public Comment Interested parties may submit case briefs not later than 14 days after the date of publication of this notice.15 Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than three days after the due date for case briefs.16 Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.17 Furthermore, any comments submitted by parties must be submitted to the records of both the AD and the CVD CCRs. As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an executive summary of their briefs that should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In these CCRs, we instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.18 Further, we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary of each issue 13 See, e.g., Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews, 82 FR 9561 (February 7, 2017), unchanged in Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews, 82 FR 14691 (March 22, 2017). 14 See CCR Request at 4. 15 Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for the filing of case briefs. 16 Id. 17 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 18 We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum. PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 76449 to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the Issues and Decision Memorandum that will accompany the final results of these CCRs. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the public 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).19 All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed electronically using Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access. trade.gov. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the day on which it is due. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a hearing within 14 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.20 Hearing 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 the issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs.21 If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be determined. Parties should confirm the date and the time of the hearing two days before the scheduled date. Final Results of CCRs Unless extended, consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), Commerce intends to issue the final results of these CCRs no later than 270 days after the date on which this review was initiated, or within 45 days of publication of these preliminary results if all parties agree to the preliminary findings. If we make a final determination to revoke the Orders, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to discontinue the suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties on entries of barium chloride from China and estimated countervailing duties on entries of 19 See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023). 20 Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR 351.310(c) to alter the time limit for requesting a hearing. 21 See 19 CFR 351.310(c). E:\FR\FM\18SEN1.SGM 18SEN1 76450 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 18, 2024 / Notices barium chloride from India, to liquidate all unliquidated entries that were entered on or after the day following the last day of the period covered by the most recently completed administrative review of the Orders, and are not already subject to automatic liquidation instructions, without regard to antidumping duties or countervailing duties, as appropriate, and to refund all antidumping duty and countervailing duty cash deposits on all such merchandise, with applicable interest. Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing this initiation and preliminary results notice in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216, 19 CFR 351.221(b) and (c)(3), and 19 CFR 351.222(f)(2)(iv). Dated: September 11, 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. [FR Doc. 2024–21224 Filed 9–17–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE On June 28, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Determination in this LTFV investigation in the Federal Register.1 On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in these administrative proceedings by seven days.2 The deadline for the final determination is now September 11, 2024. We only received comment on the Preliminary Determination from CC Metals and Alloys, LLC and Ferroglobe USA, Inc. (collectively, the petitioners), in which the petitioners argued that lack of participation in this investigation should lead Commerce to reach the same conclusion for the final determination as it did in the Preliminary Determination.3 Subsequently, on August 28, 2024, Commerce published its Preliminary Critical Circumstances Determination in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment.4 No interested party submitted comments on the Preliminary Critical Circumstances Determination. Accordingly, we did not make any changes to our Preliminary Determination and there is no decision memorandum accompanying this Federal Register notice. International Trade Administration Scope of the Investigation [A–821–838] The product covered by this investigation is ferrosilicon from Russia. For a full description of the scope of this investigation, see the appendix to this notice. Ferrosilicon From the Russian Federation: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances Scope Comments Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that ferrosilicon from the Russian Federation (Russia) is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) during the period of investigation (POI) July 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. DATES: Applicable September 18, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Saude, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0981. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Background VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Sep 17, 2024 Jkt 262001 On August 28, 2024, CC Metals and Alloys, LLC and Ferroglobe USA, INC. (collectively, the petitioners) filed a clarification of the scope language in which the petitioner noted that there was a word missing in the scope language (i.e., in the Petition and the Initiation Notice, the first paragraph of the scope stated: ‘‘10 percent or less any 1 See Ferrosilicon from the Russian Federation: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89 FR 53953 (June 28, 2024) (Preliminary Determination). 2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 3 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitioners’ Comments in Lieu of Case Brief,’’ dated July 29, 2024; see also Preliminary Determination and Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 4 See Ferrosilicon from the Russian Federation: Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determinations, 89 FR 68860 (August 28, 2024) (Preliminary Critical Circumstances Determination). PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 other element’’ and should read ‘‘10 percent or less of any other element’’).5 Use of Adverse Facts Available (AFA) Pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), we have continued to base the dumping margin for the Russia-wide entity, upon facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences, because Russian producers/exporters of subject merchandise during the POI, now part of the Russia-wide entity, failed to respond to Commerce’s requests for information.6 Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances In the Preliminary Critical Circumstances Determination, Commerce preliminary determined, in accordance with sections 733(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, that critical circumstances exist with respect to all imports of subject merchandise from Russia produced or exported by the Russia-wide entity.7 For this final determination, in accordance with section 735(a)(3) of the Act, Commerce continues to find that critical circumstances exist with respect to all imports of subject merchandise from Russia produced or exported by the Russia-wide entity. Combination Rates In the Preliminary Determination, we stated that because no respondent applied for a separate rate, we did not calculate producer/exporter combination rates in accordance with our practice.8 This remains unchanged for the final determination. Final Determination Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist: 5 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Clarification of Scope Language,’’ dated August 28, 2024; see also Ferrosilicon from Brazil, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, and the Russian Federation: Initiation of Less-ThanFair-Value Investigations, 89 FR 31137 (April 24, 2024) (Initiation Notice). 6 See Preliminary Determination. 7 See Preliminary Critical Circumstances Determination. 8 See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 53953; see also Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates Practice and Application of Combination Rates in Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market Economy Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) (Policy Bulletin 05.1), available on Commerce’s website at https://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. E:\FR\FM\18SEN1.SGM 18SEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-007, C-533-909]


Barium Chloride From the People's Republic of China and India: 
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review and 
Intent To Revoke the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: Based on a request from Honeywell International Inc. 
(Honeywell), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating 
and issuing preliminary results for changed circumstances reviews 
(CCRs) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on barium chloride from the 
People's Republic of China (China) and the countervailing duty (CVD) 
order on barium chloride from India. We preliminarily determine that 
the AD order on barium chloride from China and the CVD order on barium 
chloride from India should be revoked, in their entirety. Interested 
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable September 18, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sun Cho, AD/CVD Operations, Office V 
(China), and Harrison Tanchuck, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance 
(India), International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-6458 and (202) 482-7421, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 17, 1984, Commerce issued the AD order on barium 
chloride from China, and on March 7, 2023, issued the CVD order on 
barium chloride from India.\1\ On August 6 and September 5, 2024, 
Honeywell, an importer of barium chloride from China and India, 
requested that Commerce conduct expedited CCRs of the AD Order and the 
CVD Order, respectively, pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(b).\2\ Honeywell 
stated that it qualifies as an interested party pursuant to section 
771(9)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(ii) as a U.S. importer 
of barium chloride.\3\ Honeywell submitted a letter from Chemical 
Products Corporation (CPC), the only domestic producer of the subject 
merchandise and the petitioner of the underlying Orders, stating that 
it is ceasing production of the subject merchandise in the United 
States and has ``no objection to Honeywell's changed circumstances 
review request.'' \4\ In its requests, Honeywell addressed the 
conditions under which Commerce may revoke an order in whole or in part 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222(g).
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Barium Chloride from the 
People's Republic of China, 49 FR 40635 (October 17, 1984) (AD 
Order); and Barium Chloride from India: Countervailing Duty Order, 
88 FR 14120 (March 7, 2023) (CVD Order) (collectively, Orders).
    \2\ See Honeywell's Letters, ``Barium Chloride from the People's 
Republic of China: Changed Circumstances Review Request,'' dated 
August 6, 2024 (AD CCR Request); and ``Barium Chloride from India: 
Changed Circumstances Review Request,'' dated September 5, 2024 (CVD 
CCR Request).
    \3\ See AD CCR Request at 2; see also CVD CCR request at 2.
    \4\ See AD CCR Request at 3 and Exhibit 1; see also CVD CCR 
request at 5 and Exhibit 4.
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by the Orders is barium chloride, a 
chemical compound having the formulas BaC12 or BaC12-2H20, currently 
classifiable under subheading 2827.39.4500 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).\5\ Although the HTSUS subheading 
is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of these Orders is dispositive.
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    \5\ The scope reflects the HTSUS subheading currently in effect.
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Initiation of CCRs

    Section 751(b)(1) of the Act states that Commerce shall conduct a 
CCR upon receipt of a request from an interested party that shows 
changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order. 
Section 751(d)(1) 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.\6\ Further, 19 CFR 351.222(g)(2) provides 
that Commerce will conduct a CCR under 19 CFR 351.216, and may revoke 
an order, in whole or in part, if

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    \6\ See section 782(h) of the Act.
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    In the event that Commerce determines that ``substantially all'' 
domestic producers have expressed a lack of interest in an order, both 
the Act and Commerce's regulations grant Commerce the authority to 
revoke the order.\7\ Commerce has interpreted ``substantially all'' to 
represent producers accounting for at least 85 percent of U.S. 
production of the domestic like product.\8\ Honeywell's requests 
indicated that CPC is the sole producer of the domestic like product 
and, therefore, accounts for at least 85 percent of domestic 
production.\9\ In accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 
351.216(d), 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), and 19 CFR 351.222(g), we are 
initiating these CCRs.
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    \7\ Id.; see also 19 CFR 351.222(g).
    \8\ 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).
    \9\ See AD CCR Request at 2; see also CVD CCR Request at 2-3.
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    Section 751(b)(4)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(c) state that, 
``in the absence of good cause shown,'' Commerce may not review a final 
determination less than 24 months after the date of publication of the 
notice of final determination or notice of suspension of an 
investigation. The final determination in the CVD investigation of 
barium chloride from India was published on January 6, 2023.\10\ CPC 
has ceased production of the subject merchandise in the United States 
and has indicated that it has no interest in the Orders; we find that 
these facts constitute ``good cause'' for the conduct of the CCR with 
respect to the CVD Order.\11\
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    \10\ See Barium Chloride from India: Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination, 88 FR 1044 (January 6, 2023).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.216(d); see also Carbon and Certain Alloy 
Steel Wire Rod from Canada: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review, 68 FR 62282, 62283-84 (November 3. 
2003) (that ``no further interest . . . in continuing the order . . 
. serves as good cause'' sufficient to review a determination made 
less than 24 months after the date of publication an order).
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Preliminary Results of CCRs

    If Commerce concludes that expedited action is warranted, it may 
concurrently publish the notice of initiation and preliminary results 
of a CCR.\12\ Commerce has combined the notice of initiation and 
preliminary results in CCRs when sufficient documentation has been 
provided supporting the request to make a preliminary 
determination.\13\
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii).
    \13\ See, e.g., Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews, 82 FR 9561 
(February 7, 2017), unchanged in Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances 
Reviews, 82 FR 14691 (March 22, 2017).
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    In this instance, we determine that there is sufficient information 
on the record to support preliminary findings of changed 
circumstances.\14\ Accordingly, we find that expedited action is 
warranted, and we are combining the notice of initiation and the notice 
of preliminary results, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii).
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    \14\ See CCR Request at 4.
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.222(g), Commerce preliminarily 
determines that there is a reasonable basis to believe that changed 
circumstances exist sufficient to warrant revocation of the Orders. 
Therefore, Commerce is notifying the public of its preliminary intent 
to revoke the Orders in whole.

Public Comment

    Interested parties may submit case briefs not later than 14 days 
after the date of publication of this notice.\15\ Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than 
three days after the due date for case briefs.\16\ Interested parties 
who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must 
submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of 
authorities.\17\ Furthermore, any comments submitted by parties must be 
submitted to the records of both the AD and the CVD CCRs.
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    \15\ Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for the filing of case 
briefs.
    \16\ Id.
    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their briefs that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In these CCRs, we instead request that 
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, 
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\18\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary 
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We 
intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment 
summaries included in the Issues and Decision Memorandum that will 
accompany the final results of these CCRs. We request that interested 
parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the public 
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).\19\
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    \18\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \19\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other 
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 
67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023).
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    All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed 
electronically using Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. An 
electronically filed document must be received successfully in its 
entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the day on which it is 
due.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a 
hearing within 14 days of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.\20\ Hearing 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 the issues to be 
discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues 
raised in the briefs.\21\ If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce 
intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be determined. 
Parties should confirm the date and the time of the hearing two days 
before the scheduled date.
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    \20\ Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR 
351.310(c) to alter the time limit for requesting a hearing.
    \21\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Final Results of CCRs

    Unless extended, consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), Commerce 
intends to issue the final results of these CCRs no later than 270 days 
after the date on which this review was initiated, or within 45 days of 
publication of these preliminary results if all parties agree to the 
preliminary findings.
    If we make a final determination to revoke the Orders, we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to discontinue the 
suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits of 
estimated antidumping duties on entries of barium chloride from China 
and estimated countervailing duties on entries of

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barium chloride from India, to liquidate all unliquidated entries that 
were entered on or after the day following the last day of the period 
covered by the most recently completed administrative review of the 
Orders, and are not already subject to automatic liquidation 
instructions, without regard to antidumping duties or countervailing 
duties, as appropriate, and to refund all antidumping duty and 
countervailing duty cash deposits on all such merchandise, with 
applicable interest.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this initiation and preliminary 
results notice in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 
351.216, 19 CFR 351.221(b) and (c)(3), and 19 CFR 351.222(f)(2)(iv).

    Dated: September 11, 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.
[FR Doc. 2024-21224 Filed 9-17-24; 8:45 am]
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