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8166 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 22 / Thursday, February 4, 2021 / Notices Atten: Ivy Davis at [email protected]. findings with December anniversary substantial amount of detailed Persons who desire additional dates. information and analysis, which often information may contact the Regional All deadlines for the submission of require follow-up questions and Programs Unit at (202) 530–8468. various types of information, analysis. Accordingly, Commerce will Records and documents discussed certifications, or comments or actions by not conduct collapsing analyses at the during the meeting will be available for Commerce discussed below refer to the respondent selection phase of this public viewing as they become available number of calendar days from the review and will not collapse companies at www.facadatabase.gov. Persons applicable starting time. at the respondent selection phase unless interested in the work of this advisory Notice of no Sales there has been a determination to committee are advised to go to the collapse certain companies in a Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, If a producer or exporter named in previous segment of this AD proceeding or to contact the Regional Programs Unit this notice of initiation had no exports, (e.g., investigation, administrative at the above phone number or email sales, or entries during the period of review, new shipper review, or changed address. review (POR), it must notify Commerce circumstances review). For any within 30 days of publication of this company subject to this review, if Agenda notice in the Federal Register. All Commerce determined, or continued to Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 1:00 submissions must be filed electronically treat, that company as collapsed with p.m. (ET) at https://access.trade.gov in accordance others, Commerce will assume that such with 19 CFR 351.303.1 Such companies continue to operate in the I. Roll Call submissions are subject to verification same manner and will collapse them for II. Welcome in accordance with section 782(i) of the respondent selection purposes. III. Panel Presentation Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Otherwise, Commerce will not collapse IV. Public Comment Further, in accordance with 19 CFR companies for purposes of respondent V. Closing Remarks 351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy must be served selection. Parties are requested to (a) VI. Adjourn on every party on Commerce’s service identify which companies subject to Dated: February 1, 2021. list. review previously were collapsed, and David Mussatt, Respondent Selection (b) provide a citation to the proceeding in which they were collapsed. Further, Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. In the event Commerce limits the if companies are requested to complete [FR Doc. 2021–02349 Filed 2–3–21; 8:45 am] number of respondents for individual BILLING CODE P examination for administrative reviews the Quantity and Value (Q&V) initiated pursuant to requests made for Questionnaire for purposes of the orders identified below, Commerce respondent selection, in general, each DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE intends to select respondents based on company must report volume and value U.S. Customs and Border Protection data separately for itself. Parties should International Trade Administration (CBP) data for U.S. imports during the not include data for any other party, POR. We intend to place the CBP data even if they believe they should be Initiation of Antidumping and on the record within five days of treated as a single entity with that other Countervailing Duty Administrative publication of the initiation notice and party. If a company was collapsed with Reviews to make our decision regarding another company or companies in the most recently completed segment of this AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, respondent selection within 30 days of publication of the initiation Federal proceeding where Commerce International Trade Administration, considered collapsing that entity, Department of Commerce. Register notice. Comments regarding the CBP data and respondent selection complete Q&V data for that collapsed SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce should be submitted within seven days entity must be submitted. (Commerce) has received requests to after the placement of the CBP data on conduct administrative reviews of Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for the record of this review. Parties Administrative Review various antidumping duty (AD) and wishing to submit rebuttal comments Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a countervailing duty (CVD) orders and should submit those comments within party that has requested a review may findings with December anniversary five days after the deadline for the dates. In accordance with Commerce’s initial comments. withdraw that request within 90 days of regulations, we are initiating those In the event Commerce decides it is the date of publication of the notice of administrative reviews. necessary to limit individual initiation of the requested review. The DATES: Applicable February 4, 2021. examination of respondents and regulation provides that Commerce may extend this time if it is reasonable to do FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: conduct respondent selection under so. Determinations by Commerce to Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations, section 777A(c)(2) of the Act, the extend the 90-day deadline will be Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and following guidelines regarding made on a case-by-case basis. Compliance, International Trade collapsing of companies for purposes of Administration, U.S. Department of respondent selection will apply. In Deadline for Particular Market Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue general, Commerce has found that Situation Allegation determinations concerning whether NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: Section 504 of the Trade Preferences particular companies should be (202) 482–4735. Extension Act of 2015 amended the Act SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ‘‘collapsed’’ (e.g., treated as a single entity for purposes of calculating by adding the concept of a particular Background antidumping duty rates) require a market situation (PMS) for purposes of constructed value under section 773(e) Commerce has received timely 2 1 of the Act. Section 773(e) of the Act requests, in accordance with 19 CFR See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 351.213(b), for administrative reviews of Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 2 See Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, various AD and CVD orders and 39263 (July 6, 2011). Public Law 114–27, 129 Stat. 362 (2015). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:13 Feb 03, 2021 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04FEN1.SGM 04FEN1 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 22 / Thursday, February 4, 2021 / Notices 8167 states that ‘‘if a particular market To establish whether a firm is Separate Rate Application to situation exists such that the cost of sufficiently independent from demonstrate eligibility for a separate materials and fabrication or other government control of its export rate in this proceeding. In addition, processing of any kind does not activities to be entitled to a separate companies that received a separate rate accurately reflect the cost of production rate, Commerce analyzes each entity in a completed segment of the in the ordinary course of trade, the exporting the subject merchandise. In proceeding that have subsequently administering authority may use accordance with the separate rates made changes, including, but not another calculation methodology under criteria, Commerce assigns separate limited to, changes to corporate this subtitle or any other calculation rates to companies in NME cases only structure, acquisitions of new methodology.’’ When an interested if respondents can demonstrate the companies or facilities, or changes to party submits a PMS allegation pursuant absence of both de jure and de facto their official company name,4 should to section 773(e) of the Act, Commerce government control over export timely file a Separate Rate Application will respond to such a submission activities. to demonstrate eligibility for a separate consistent with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v). All firms listed below that wish to rate in this proceeding. The Separate If Commerce finds that a PMS exists qualify for separate rate status in the Rate Application will be available on under section 773(e) of the Act, then it administrative reviews involving NME Commerce’s website at https:// will modify its dumping calculations countries must complete, as enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep- appropriately. appropriate, either a separate rate rate.html on the date of publication of Neither section 773(e) of the Act nor application or certification, as described this Federal Register notice. In 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v) set a deadline below. For these administrative reviews, responding to the Separate Rate for the submission of PMS allegations in order to demonstrate separate rate Application, refer to the instructions and supporting factual information. eligibility, Commerce requires entities contained in the application. Separate However, in order to administer section for whom a review was requested, that Rate Applications are due to Commerce 773(e) of the Act, Commerce must were assigned a separate rate in the no later than 30 calendar days after receive PMS allegations and supporting most recent segment of this proceeding publication of this Federal Register factual information with enough time to in which they participated, to certify notice. The deadline and requirement consider the submission. Thus, should that they continue to meet the criteria for submitting a Separate Rate an interested party wish to submit a for obtaining a separate rate. The Application applies equally to NME- PMS allegation and supporting new Separate Rate Certification form will be owned firms, wholly foreign-owned factual information pursuant to section available on Commerce’s website at firms, and foreign sellers that purchase 773(e) of the Act, it must do so no later https://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/ and export subject merchandise to the than 20 days after submission of initial nme-sep-rate.html on the date of United States.