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Federal Register/Vol. 85, No. 61/Monday, March 30, 2020/Notices Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 61 / Monday, March 30, 2020 / Notices 17533 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Steel, Liberty Steel USA, Nucor 7213.91.3020, 7213.91.3093; Corporation, and Optimus Steel LLC 7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000, International Trade Administration (collectively, domestic interested 7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030, [C–570–013] parties), within the deadline specified 7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6010, in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).4 Each 7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, and Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire claimed interested party status under 7227.90.6035 of the HTSUS. Products Rod From the People’s Republic of section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as domestic entered under subheadings China: Final Results of the Expedited producers of wire rod in the United 7213.99.0090 and 7227.90.6090 of the First Five-Year Sunset Review of the States. HTSUS also may be included in this Countervailing Duty Order Commerce received a substantive scope if they meet the physical response from the domestic interested description of subject merchandise AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, parties 5 within the 30-day deadline above. Although the HTSUS International Trade Administration, specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We subheadings are provided for Department of Commerce. received no substantive response from convenience and customs purposes, the SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset any other domestic or interested parties written description of the merchandise review, the Department of Commerce in this proceeding, nor was a hearing covered by the Order is dispositive. For (Commerce) finds that revocation of the requested. a complete description of the scope of countervailing duty (CVD) order on On January 22, 2020, Commerce the Order, see the accompanying Issues carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod notified the U.S. International Trade and Decision Memorandum.7 (wire rod) from the People’s Republic of Commission (ITC) that it did not receive China (China) would be likely to lead to an adequate substantive response from Analysis of Comments Received continuation or recurrence of respondent interested parties.6 As a All issues raised in this sunset review countervailable subsidies at the levels result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) are addressed in the Issues and Decision indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of of the Act and 19 CFR Memorandum. A list of topics discussed Review’’ section of this notice. 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce in the Issues and Decision DATES: Applicable March 30, 2020. conducted an expedited (120-day) Memorandum is included as an FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian sunset review of this Order. appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public Hamilton, AD/CVD Operations, Office Scope of the Order II, Enforcement and Compliance, document and is on file electronically The merchandise covered by this International Trade Administration, via the Enforcement and Compliance’s Order is certain hot-rolled products of U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Antidumping and Countervailing Duty carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of Centralized Electronic Service System Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, approximately circular cross section, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4798. (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to less than 19.00 mm in actual solid cross- registered users at http:// SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: sectional diameter. Specifically access.trade.gov and in the Central Background excluded are steel products possessing Records Unit, room B8024 of the main the above-noted physical characteristics On January 8, 2015, Commerce Commerce building. In addition, a and meeting the Harmonized Tariff published its CVD order on wire rod complete version of the Issues and Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) from China in the Federal Register.1 On Decision Memorandum can be accessed definitions for (a) stainless steel; (b) tool directly on the internet at http:// December 2, 2019, Commerce published steel; (c) high nickel steel; (d) ball the notice of initiation of the first sunset enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed 2 bearing steel; or (e) concrete reinforcing and electronic versions of the Issues and review of the Order, pursuant to bars and rods. Also excluded are free section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, Decision Memorandum are identical in 3 cutting steel (also known as free content. as amended (the Act). Commerce machining steel) products (i.e., products received a notice of intent to participate that contain by weight one or more of Final Results of Sunset Review from Charter Steel, Commercial Metals the following elements: 0.1 percent or Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and Company, EVRAZ Rocky Mountain more of lead, 0.05 percent or more of 752(b) of the Act, we determine that bismuth, 0.08 percent or more of sulfur, revocation of the CVD order on wire rod 1 See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the People’s Republic of China: Amended more than 0.04 percent of phosphorus, from China would be likely to lead to Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty more than 0.05 percent of selenium, or continuation or recurrence of Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 80 more than 0.01 percent of tellurium). countervailable subsidies at the FR 1018 (January 8, 2015) (Order). All products meeting the physical following rates: 2 See Order. We applied subsidy rates of 193.31 description of subject merchandise that percent to Benxi Steel (comprised of: Benxi Beiying Net Iron & Steel Group Import & Export Corp.; Benxi are not specifically excluded are included in this scope. Manufacturers/producers/ countervailable Beiying Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.; Benxi Steel exporters subsidy Group Corporation; Beitai Iron & Steel (Group) Co., The products subject to this Order are (percent) Ltd.; Benxi Northern Steel Rolling Co., Ltd.; Benxi currently classifiable under subheadings Beifang Gaosu Steel Wire Rod Co., Ltd.; Benxi 7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, Beitai Gaosu Steel Wire Rod Co., Ltd.; Benxi Benxi Steel ........................... 193.31 Northern Steel Co., Ltd.; Benxi Beifang Second Hebei Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Rolling Co., Ltd.; Benxi Beitai Ductile Iron Pipes 4 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Carbon Tangshan Branch ............. 178.46 Co., Ltd.; Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Metallurgy and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the People’s All Others .............................. 185.89 Co., Ltd.; Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Real Estate Republic of China: Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ Development Co., Ltd.; Benxi Iron & Steel (Group) dated December 17, 2019. Co., Ltd.; Bei Tai Iron and Steel Group Imp. And 5 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Carbon 7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision Exp. (Dalian) Co., Ltd.; and Bengang Steel Plate Co., and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the People’s Memorandum for the Expedited First Sunset Ltd.); 178.46 percent to Hebei Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Republic of China: Substantive Response,’’ dated Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon Tangshan Branch; and 185.89 percent to all others. January 2, 2020. and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod Oxide from the Id., 80 FR at 1019. 6 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 3 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 84 Initiated on December 2, 2019,’’ dated January 22, with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and FR 65968 (December 2, 2019). 2020. Decision Memorandum). VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:05 Mar 27, 2020 Jkt 250001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with NOTICES 17534 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 61 / Monday, March 30, 2020 / Notices Administrative Protective Order (APO) the ‘‘Final Determination’’ section of and Decision Memorandum.8 A list of This notice also serves as the only this notice. the issues raised is attached to this reminder to parties subject to an APO of DATES: Applicable March 30, 2020. notice as Appendix II. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public their responsibility concerning the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: document and is on file electronically return or destruction of proprietary Davina Friedmann or Erin Kearney, AD/ via Enforcement and Compliance’s information disclosed under APO in CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement Antidumping and Countervailing Duty accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. and Compliance, International Trade Centralized Electronic Service System Timely notification of the return or Administration, U.S. Department of (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to destruction of APO materials or Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue registered users at https:// conversion to judicial protective order is NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: access.trade.gov, and it is available to hereby requested. Failure to comply (202) 482–6312 or (202) 482–0167, all parties in the Central Records Unit, with the regulations and terms of an respectively. APO is a violation which is subject to room B–8024 of the main Department of sanction. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Background Notification to Interested Parties Decision Memorandum can be accessed We are issuing and publishing the This final determination is made in directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ final results and this notice in accordance with section 735 of the frn/index.html. The signed and accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). electronic versions of the Issues and and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR On November 8, 2019, Commerce Decision Memorandum are identical in 351.218. published the preliminary affirmative content. determination of sales at LTFV in the Dated: March 24, 2020. Scope of the Investigation investigation of sodium sulfate from Jeffrey I. Kessler, Canada, and also extended the final The product covered by this Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and determination to March 23, 2020.1 We investigation is sodium sulfate from Compliance.
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