Federal Register/Vol. 80, No. 172/Friday, September 4, 2015/Notices
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53490 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 172 / Friday, September 4, 2015 / Notices Regulations to seek authorization from collectively referred to as ‘‘item’’) Fourth, that, after notice and both BIS and the Treasury Department’s exported or to be exported from the opportunity for comment as provided in Office of Foreign Assets Control United States that is subject to the Section 766.23 of the Regulations, any (‘‘OFAC’’) for exports and reexports Regulations, or in any other activity person, firm, corporation, or business subject to both the Regulations and the subject to the Regulations, including, organization related to the Denied Iranian Transactions Regulations but not limited to: Person by affiliation, ownership, (‘‘ITR’’) administered by OFAC.4 A. Applying for, obtaining, or using control, or position of responsibility in Accordingly, an authorization granted any license, License Exception, or the conduct of trade or related services by OFAC would have been considered export control document; may also be made subject to the authorization for purposes of the EAR as B. Carrying on negotiations provisions of the Order. well. However, Air Bashkortostan did concerning, or ordering, buying, Fifth, Air Bashkortostan shall not take not seek or obtain authorization from receiving, using, selling, delivering, any action or make or permit to be made BIS, or from OFAC, in connection with storing, disposing of, forwarding, any public statement, directly or any of the transactions at issue. transporting, financing, or otherwise indirectly, denying the allegations in the In engaging in the activity alleged servicing in any way, any transaction Charging Letter or the Order. The above, Air Bashkortostan committed involving any item exported or to be foregoing does not affect Air four violations of Section 764.2(a) of the exported from the United States that is Bashkortostan’s testimonial obligations Regulations. subject to the Regulations, or in any in any proceeding, nor does it affect its Whereas, BIS and Air Bashkortostan other activity subject to the Regulations; right to take legal or factual positions in have entered into a Settlement or civil litigation or other civil proceedings Agreement pursuant to Section C. Benefitting in any way from any in which the U.S. Department of 766.18(b) of the Regulations, whereby transaction involving any item exported Commerce is not a party. they agreed to settle this matter in or to be exported from the United States Sixth, that the Charging Letter, the accordance with the terms and that is subject to the Regulations, or in Settlement Agreement, and this Order conditions set forth therein; and any other activity subject to the shall be made available to the public. Whereas, I have approved of the terms Regulations. Seventh, that this Order shall be of such Settlement Agreement; Third, that no person may, directly or served on Air Bashkortostan, and shall It is therefore ordered: indirectly, do any of the following: be published in the Federal Register. First, Air Bashkortostan shall be A. Export or reexport to or on behalf This Order, which constitutes the assessed a civil penalty in the amount of the Denied Person any item subject to final agency action in this matter, is of $350,000, all of which shall be the Regulations; effective immediately.5 suspended for a period of one year from B. Take any action that facilitates the the date of this Order, and thereafter acquisition or attempted acquisition by Issued this 28th day of August, 2015. shall be waived, provided that during the Denied Person of the ownership, Richard R. Majauskas, this one-year probationary period, Air possession, or control of any item Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Bashkortostan has committed no subject to the Regulations that has been Export Enforcement. violation of the Act, or any regulation, or will be exported from the United [FR Doc. 2015–21978 Filed 9–3–15; 8:45 am] order, license, or authorization issued States, including financing or other BILLING CODE P thereunder. If Air Bashkortostan support activities related to a commits a violation of the Act or any transaction whereby the Denied Person regulation, order, license, or acquires or attempts to acquire such DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE authorization issued thereunder, during ownership, possession or control; the probationary period under this C. Take any action to acquire from or International Trade Administration Order, the suspension of the civil to facilitate the acquisition or attempted penalty may be modified or revoked by acquisition from the Denied Person of [A–570–909] BIS and the $350,000 made due and any item subject to the Regulations that owing immediately. has been exported from the United Certain Steel Nails From the People’s Second, that for a period of one (1) States; Republic of China: Preliminary Results year from the date of this Order, Air D. Obtain from the Denied Person in of the Antidumping Duty Bashkortostan LTD., with a last known the United States any item subject to the Administrative Review and Preliminary address of 142001, Moscow Region, City Regulations with knowledge or reason Determination of No Shipments; 2013– of Domodedovo, Centralny District, to know that the item will be, or is 2014 intended to be, exported from the Promyshlennaya Street, 11B, Russian AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Federation, and when acting for or on United States; or E. Engage in any transaction to service International Trade Administration, its behalf, its successors, assigns, Department of Commerce. directors, officers, employees, any item subject to the Regulations that SUMMARY: representatives, or agents, (hereinafter has been or will be exported from the The Department of Commerce collectively referred to as ‘‘Denied United States and which is owned, (‘‘Department’’) is conducting the sixth Person’’), may not, directly or indirectly, possessed or controlled by the Denied administrative review of the participate in any way in any Person, or service any item, of whatever antidumping duty order on certain steel origin, that is owned, possessed or nails (‘‘nails’’) from the People’s transaction involving any commodity, 1 software or technology (hereinafter controlled by the Denied Person if such Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). The service involves the use of any item Department selected two respondents 4 31 CFR part 560 (2009). By Federal Register subject to the Regulations that has been notice dated October 22, 2012, the Department of or will be exported from the United 5 Review and consideration of this matter have the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control States. For purposes of this paragraph, been delegated to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of renamed the ITR as the Iranian Transactions and servicing means installation, Commerce for Export Enforcement. Sanctions Regulations and reissued the set of 1 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain regulations in its entirety. 77 FR 64,664 (Oct. 22, maintenance, repair, modification or Steel Nails from the People’s Republic of China, 73 2012). testing. FR 44961 (August 1, 2008) (‘‘Order’’). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Sep 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 172 / Friday, September 4, 2015 / Notices 53491 for individual review.2 The Department Scope of the Order are affiliated, pursuant to sections preliminarily determines that Stanley The merchandise covered by the order 771(33)(A), (E), (F), and (G) of the Tariff sold subject merchandise in the United includes certain steel nails having a Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). States at prices below normal value shaft length up to 12 inches. Certain Additionally, under 19 CFR (‘‘NV’’) during the period of review steel nails subject to the order are 351.401(f)(1)–(2) and as facts available, (‘‘POR’’), August 1, 2013, through July currently classified under the we preliminarily find that these 31, 2014. The Department also Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the companies should be considered a preliminarily determines that Shandong United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheadings single entity, (collectively known as the Oriental Cherry failed to cooperate to 7317.00.55, 7317.00.65, 7317.00.75, and ‘‘Shandong Oriental Cherry Entity’’), for 9 the best of its ability in participating in 7907.00.6000.6 While the HTSUS purposes of these preliminary results. the review, warranting the application subheadings are provided for Application of Facts Available and Use of facts otherwise available with adverse convenience and customs purposes, the of Adverse Inference inferences, and that it is part of the PRC- written description of the scope of the As discussed below and in further wide entity. If these preliminary results order is dispositive.7 are adopted in the final results, the detail in the Preliminary Decision Department will instruct U.S. Customs Preliminary Determination of No Memorandum, pursuant to sections and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to assess Shipments 776(a)(2)(A), (B), and (C) of the Act, the antidumping duties on all appropriate Based on the no-shipments letters Department determines that the use of entries of subject merchandise during filed by 11 different companies subject facts otherwise available is warranted the POR. Interested parties are invited to to this review, the Department with respect to Shandong Oriental comment on these preliminary results. preliminarily determines that these Cherry. Specifically, Shandong Oriental Cherry failed to provide in the form and DATES: companies did not have any reviewable Effective Date: September 4, manner requested by the Department: 2015. transactions during the POR. For additional information regarding this (1) An accurate, reliable sales FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: determination, including a list of these reconciliation regarding its reported Matthew Renkey or Julia Hancock, AD/ companies, see the Preliminary Decision sales of subject merchandise to the CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement Memorandum.