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17124 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 61 / Thursday, April 1, 2021 / Notices authorities.11 Case and rebuttal briefs Dated: March 25, 2021. submissions must be filed electronically should be filed using ACCESS.12 Note Christian Marsh, at https://access.trade.gov in accordance that Commerce has temporarily Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement with 19 CFR 351.303.1 Such modified certain of its requirements for and Compliance. submissions are subject to verification in accordance with section 782(i) of the serving documents containing business Appendix proprietary information, until further Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). notice.13 List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Further, in accordance with 19 CFR Decision Memorandum 351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy must be served Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), I. Summary on every party on Commerce’s service interested parties who wish to request a II. Background list. hearing must submit a written request to III. Scope of the Order the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement IV. Discussion of the Methodology Respondent Selection and Compliance, filed electronically via V. Recommendation In the event Commerce limits the ACCESS. An electronically-filed request [FR Doc. 2021–06730 Filed 3–31–21; 8:45 am] number of respondents for individual for a hearing must be received BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P examination for administrative reviews successfully in its entirety by ACCESS initiated pursuant to requests made for by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days the orders identified below, Commerce after the date of publication of this DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE intends to select respondents based on notice.14 Hearing requests should U.S. Customs and Border Protection International Trade Administration contain: (1) The party’s name, address, (CBP) data for U.S. imports during the and telephone number; (2) the number Initiation of Antidumping and POR. We intend to place the CBP data of participants; and (3) a list of issues to Countervailing Duty Administrative on the record within five days of be discussed. Issues raised in the Reviews publication of the initiation notice and hearing will be limited to issues raised to make our decision regarding in the briefs. If a request for a hearing AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, respondent selection within 30 days of is made, Commerce intends to hold the International Trade Administration, publication of the initiation Federal hearing at a date and time to be Department of Commerce. Register notice. Comments regarding the determined.15 SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce CBP data and respondent selection (Commerce) has received requests to should be submitted within seven days Commerce intends to issue the final conduct administrative reviews of after the placement of the CBP data on results of this administrative review, various antidumping duty (AD) and the record of this review. Parties including the results of our analysis of countervailing duty (CVD) orders and wishing to submit rebuttal comments the issues raised in any written briefs, findings with February anniversary should submit those comments within not later than 120 days after the date of dates. In accordance with Commerce’s five days after the deadline for the publication of these preliminary results regulations, we are initiating those initial comments. in the Federal Register, unless administrative reviews. In the event Commerce decides it is 16 otherwise extended. DATES: Applicable April 1, 2021. necessary to limit individual examination of respondents and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Notification to Importers conduct respondent selection under Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations, section 777A(c)(2) of the Act, the This notice also serves as a Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and following guidelines regarding preliminary reminder to importers of Compliance, International Trade collapsing of companies for purposes of their responsibility under 19 CFR Administration, U.S. Department of respondent selection will apply. In 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue general, Commerce has found that regarding the reimbursement of NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: determinations concerning whether antidumping duties prior to liquidation (202) 482–4735. particular companies should be of the relevant entries during this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ‘‘collapsed’’ (e.g., treated as a single review period. Failure to comply with Background entity for purposes of calculating this requirement could result in antidumping duty rates) require a Commerce has received timely Commerce’s presumption that substantial amount of detailed requests, in accordance with 19 CFR reimbursement of antidumping duties information and analysis, which often 351.213(b), for administrative reviews of occurred and the subsequent assessment require follow-up questions and various AD and CVD orders and of doubled antidumping duties. analysis. Accordingly, Commerce will findings with February anniversary not conduct collapsing analyses at the Notification to Interested Parties dates. All deadlines for the submission of respondent selection phase of this We are issuing and publishing these various types of information, review and will not collapse companies preliminary results in accordance with certifications, or comments or actions by at the respondent selection phase unless sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Commerce discussed below refer to the there has been a determination to Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). number of calendar days from the collapse certain companies in a applicable starting time. previous segment of this AD proceeding (e.g., investigation, administrative 11 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2) and 19 CFR Notice of No Sales review, new shipper review, or changed 351.303 (for general filing requirements). circumstances review). For any 12 See generally 19 CFR 351.303. If a producer or exporter named in company subject to this review, if 13 See Temporary Rule. this notice of initiation had no exports, 14 See 19 CFR 351.310(c); see also 19 CFR sales, or entries during the period of 1 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 351.303(b)(1). review (POR), it must notify Commerce Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 15 See 19 CFR 351.310(d). within 30 days of publication of this Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 16 See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. notice in the Federal Register. All 39263 (July 6, 2011). VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:02 Mar 31, 2021 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01APN1.SGM 01APN1 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 61 / Thursday, April 1, 2021 / Notices 17125 Commerce determined, or continued to under section 773(e) of the Act, then it certification, please follow the treat, that company as collapsed with will modify its dumping calculations ‘‘Instructions for Filing the others, Commerce will assume that such appropriately. Certification’’ in the Separate Rate companies continue to operate in the Neither section 773(e) of the Act nor Certification. Separate Rate same manner and will collapse them for 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v) set a deadline Certifications are due to Commerce no respondent selection purposes. for the submission of PMS allegations later than 30 calendar days after Otherwise, Commerce will not collapse and supporting factual information. publication of this Federal Register companies for purposes of respondent However, in order to administer section notice. The deadline and requirement selection. Parties are requested to; (a) 773(e) of the Act, Commerce must for submitting a Certification applies identify which companies subject to receive PMS allegations and supporting equally to NME-owned firms, wholly review previously were collapsed; and factual information with enough time to foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers (b) provide a citation to the proceeding consider the submission. Thus, should who purchase and export subject in which they were collapsed. Further, an interested party wish to submit a merchandise to the United States. PMS allegation and supporting new if companies are requested to complete Entities that currently do not have a factual information pursuant to section the Quantity and Value (Q&V) separate rate from a completed segment Questionnaire for purposes of 773(e) of the Act, it must do so no later of the proceeding 3 should timely file a than 20 days after submission of initial respondent selection, in general, each Separate Rate Application to company must report volume and value responses to section D of the questionnaire. demonstrate eligibility for a separate data separately for itself. Parties should rate in this proceeding. In addition, not include data for any other party, Separate Rates companies that received a separate rate even if they believe they should be In proceedings involving non-market in a completed segment of the treated as a single entity with that other proceeding that have subsequently party. If a company was collapsed with economy (NME) countries, Commerce begins with a rebuttable presumption made changes, including, but not another company or companies in the limited to, changes to corporate most recently completed segment of this that all companies within the country are subject to government control and, structure, acquisitions of new proceeding where Commerce companies or facilities, or changes to considered collapsing that entity, thus, should be assigned a single their official company name,4 should complete