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67104 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 217 / Friday, November 8, 2013 / Notices Dated: November 1, 2013. Administrative Protective Order provide a citation to the proceeding in John H. Thompson, Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011). which they were collapsed. Further, if Director, Bureau of the Census. Such submissions are subject to companies are requested to complete [FR Doc. 2013–26834 Filed 11–7–13; 8:45 am] verification in accordance with section the Quantity and Value Questionnaire BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as for purposes of respondent selection, in amended (‘‘Act’’). Further, in general each company must report accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i), volume and value data separately for DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE a copy must be served on every party on itself. Parties should not include data the Department’s service list. for any other party, even if they believe International Trade Administration they should be treated as a single entity Respondent Selection with that other party. If a company was Initiation of Antidumping and In the event the Department limits the collapsed with another company or Countervailing Duty Administrative number of respondents for individual companies in the most recently Reviews and Request for Revocation examination for administrative reviews, completed segment of this proceeding in Part the Department intends to select where the Department considered respondents based on U.S. Customs and AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, collapsing that entity, complete quantity formerly Import Administration, Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) data for U.S. and value data for that collapsed entity International Trade Administration, imports during the POR. We intend to must be submitted. Department of Commerce. release the CBP data under Administrative Protective Order Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (‘‘APO’’) to all parties having an APO Administrative Review (‘‘the Department’’) has received within seven days of publication of this Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a requests to conduct administrative initiation notice and to make our party that has requested a review may reviews of various antidumping and decision regarding respondent selection withdraw that request within 90 days of countervailing duty orders and findings within 21 days of publication of this the date of publication of the notice of with September anniversary dates. In Federal Register notice. The initiation of the requested review. The accordance with the Department’s Department invites comments regarding regulation provides that the Department regulations, we are initiating those the CBP data and respondent selection may extend this time if it is reasonable administrative reviews. within five days of placement of the to do so. In order to provide parties DATES: Effective Date: November 8, CBP data on the record of the applicable additional certainty with respect to 2013. review. when the Department will exercise its FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In the event the Department decides discretion to extend this 90-day Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD it is necessary to limit individual deadline, interested parties are advised Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, examination of respondents and that the Department does not intend to Enforcement and Compliance, conduct respondent selection under extend the 90-day deadline unless the International Trade Administration, section 777A(c)(2) of the Act: requestor demonstrates that an U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th In general, the Department has found extraordinary circumstance has Street and Constitution Avenue NW., that determinations concerning whether prevented it from submitting a timely Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) particular companies should be withdrawal request. Determinations by 482–4735. ‘‘collapsed’’ (i.e., treated as a single the Department to extend the 90-day SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: entity for purposes of calculating deadline will be made on a case-by-case antidumping duty rates) require a basis. Background substantial amount of detailed Separate Rates The Department has received timely information and analysis, which often requests, in accordance with 19 CFR require follow-up questions and In proceedings involving non-market 351.213(b), for administrative reviews of analysis. Accordingly, the Department economy (‘‘NME’’) countries, the various antidumping and countervailing will not conduct collapsing analyses at Department begins with a rebuttable duty orders and findings with the respondent selection phase of this presumption that all companies within September anniversary dates. review and will not collapse companies the country are subject to government All deadlines for the submission of at the respondent selection phase unless control and, thus, should be assigned a various types of information, there has been a determination to single antidumping duty deposit rate. It certifications, or comments or actions by collapse certain companies in a is the Department’s policy to assign all the Department discussed below refer to previous segment of this antidumping exporters of merchandise subject to an the number of calendar days from the proceeding (i.e., investigation, administrative review in an NME applicable starting time. administrative review, new shipper country this single rate unless an review or changed circumstances exporter can demonstrate that it is Notice of No Sales review). For any company subject to this sufficiently independent so as to be If a producer or exporter named in review, if the Department determined, entitled to a separate rate. this notice of initiation had no exports, or continued to treat, that company as To establish whether a firm is sales, or entries during the period of collapsed with others, the Department sufficiently independent from review (‘‘POR’’), it must notify the will assume that such companies government control of its export Department within 60 days of continue to operate in the same manner activities to be entitled to a separate publication of this notice in the Federal and will collapse them for respondent rate, the Department analyzes each Register. All submissions must be filed selection purposes. Otherwise, the entity exporting the subject electronically at http:// Department will not collapse companies merchandise under a test arising from iaaccess.trade.gov in accordance with for purposes of respondent selection. the Final Determination of Sales at Less 19 CFR 351.303. See Antidumping and Parties are requested to (a) identify Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the Countervailing Duty Proceedings: which companies subject to review People’s Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 Electronic Filing Procedures; previously were collapsed, and (b) (May 6, 1991), as amplified by Final VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:08 Nov 07, 2013 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08NON1.SGM 08NON1 TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 217 / Friday, November 8, 2013 / Notices 67105 Determination of Sales at Less Than Certification’’ in the Separate Rate Register notice. In responding to the Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from the Certification. Separate Rate Separate Rate Status Application, refer People’s Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 Certifications are due to the Department to the instructions contained in the (May 2, 1994). In accordance with the no later than 60 calendar days after application. Separate Rate Status separate rates criteria, the Department publication of this Federal Register Applications are due to the Department assigns separate rates to companies in notice. The deadline and requirement no later than 60 calendar days of NME cases only if respondents can for submitting a Certification applies publication of this Federal Register demonstrate the absence of both de jure equally to NME-owned firms, wholly notice. The deadline and requirement and de facto government control over foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers for submitting a Separate Rate Status export activities. who purchase and export subject Application applies equally to NME- All firms listed below that wish to merchandise to the United States. owned firms, wholly foreign-owned qualify for separate rate status in the Entities that currently do not have a firms, and foreign sellers that purchase administrative reviews involving NME separate rate from a completed segment and export subject merchandise to the countries must complete, as of the proceeding 1 should timely file a United States. appropriate, either a separate rate Separate Rate Application to For exporters and producers who application or certification, as described demonstrate eligibility for a separate submit a separate-rate status application below. For these administrative reviews, rate in this proceeding. In addition, or certification and subsequently are in order to demonstrate separate rate companies that received a separate rate selected as mandatory respondents, eligibility, the Department requires in a completed segment of the these exporters and producers will no entities for whom a review was proceeding that have subsequently longer be eligible for separate rate status requested, that were assigned a separate made changes, including, but not unless they respond to all parts of the rate in the most recent segment of this limited to, changes to corporate questionnaire as mandatory proceeding in which they participated, structure, acquisitions of new respondents. to certify