Federal Register/Vol. 82, No. 217/Monday, November 13, 2017/Notices
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52268 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 217 / Monday, November 13, 2017 / Notices with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 351.213(b), for administrative reviews of information and analysis, which often continues to govern business various antidumping and countervailing require follow-up questions and proprietary information in this segment duty orders and findings with analysis. Accordingly, the Department of the proceeding. Timely written September anniversary dates. will not conduct collapsing analyses at notification of the return or destruction All deadlines for the submission of the respondent selection phase of this of APO materials or conversion to various types of information, review and will not collapse companies judicial protective order is hereby certifications, or comments or actions by at the respondent selection phase unless requested. Failure to comply with the the Department discussed below refer to there has been a determination to regulations and the terms of an APO is the number of calendar days from the collapse certain companies in a a sanctionable violation. applicable starting time. previous segment of this antidumping We are issuing and publishing this Notice of No Sales proceeding (e.g., investigation, notice in accordance with sections administrative review, new shipper 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 If a producer or exporter named in review or changed circumstances CFR 351.213(h). this notice of initiation had no exports, review). For any company subject to this sales, or entries during the period of review, if the Department determined, Dated: November 3, 2017. review (POR), it must notify the Gary Taverman, or continued to treat, that company as Department within 30 days of collapsed with others, the Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping publication of this notice in the Federal and Countervailing Duty Operations, will assume that such companies Register. All submissions must be filed continue to operate in the same manner performing the non-exclusive functions and electronically at http://access.trade.gov duties of the Assistant Secretary for and will collapse them for respondent in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303.1 Enforcement and Compliance. selection purposes. Otherwise, the Such submissions are subject to Department will not collapse companies verification in accordance with section Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in for purposes of respondent selection. 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as the Issues and Decision Memorandum Parties are requested to (a) identify amended (the Act). Further, in 1. Summary which companies subject to review accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i), 2. Background previously were collapsed, and (b) a copy must be served on every party on 3. Scope of the Order provide a citation to the proceeding in the Department’s service list. 4. Discussion of the Issues which they were collapsed. Further, if Comment: The Margin Assigned to the Respondent Selection companies are requested to complete PRC-Wide Entity 5. Recommendation In the event the Department limits the the Quantity and Value (Q&V) number of respondents for individual Questionnaire for purposes of [FR Doc. 2017–24407 Filed 11–9–17; 8:45 am] respondent selection, in general each BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P examination for administrative reviews initiated pursuant to requests made for company must report volume and value the orders identified below, the data separately for itself. Parties should not include data for any other party, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Department intends to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and even if they believe they should be International Trade Administration Border Protection (CBP) data for U.S. treated as a single entity with that other imports during the period of review. We party. If a company was collapsed with Initiation of Antidumping and intend to place the CBP data on the another company or companies in the Countervailing Duty Administrative record within five days of publication of most recently completed segment of this Reviews the initiation notice and to make our proceeding where the Department decision regarding respondent selection considered collapsing that entity, AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, within 30 days of publication of the complete Q&V data for that collapsed International Trade Administration, initiation Federal Register notice. entity must be submitted. Department of Commerce. Comments regarding the CBP data and SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for respondent selection should be Administrative Review (the Department) has received requests submitted seven days after the to conduct administrative reviews of placement of the CBP data on the record Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a various antidumping and countervailing of this review. Parties wishing to submit party that has requested a review may duty orders and findings with rebuttal comments should submit those withdraw that request within 90 days of September anniversary dates. In comments five days after the deadline the date of publication of the notice of accordance with the Department’s for the initial comments. initiation of the requested review. The regulations, we are initiating those In the event the Department decides regulation provides that the Department administrative reviews. it is necessary to limit individual may extend this time if it is reasonable DATES: Applicable November 13, 2017. examination of respondents and to do so. In order to provide parties FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: conduct respondent selection under additional certainty with respect to Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD section 777A(c)(2) of the Act: when the Department will exercise its Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, In general, the Department has found discretion to extend this 90-day Enforcement and Compliance, that determinations concerning whether deadline, interested parties are advised International Trade Administration, particular companies should be that the Department does not intend to U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 ‘‘collapsed’’ (i.ee.g., treated as a single extend the 90-day deadline unless the Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, entity for purposes of calculating requestor demonstrates that an DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–4735. antidumping duty rates) require a extraordinary circumstance has substantial amount of detailed SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: prevented it from submitting a timely withdrawal request. Determinations by Background 1 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; the Department to extend the 90-day The Department has received timely Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR deadline will be made on a case-by-case requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 39263 (July 6, 2011). basis. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:38 Nov 09, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13NON1.SGM 13NON1 asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 217 / Monday, November 13, 2017 / Notices 52269 Separate Rates rate in the most recent segment of this rate in this proceeding. The Separate In proceedings involving non-market proceeding in which they participated, Rate Status Application will be economy (NME) countries, the to certify that they continue to meet the available on the Department’s Web site Department begins with a rebuttable criteria for obtaining a separate rate. The at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/ presumption that all companies within Separate Rate Certification form will be nme-sep-rate.html on the date of the country are subject to government available on the Department’s Web site publication of this Federal Register control and, thus, should be assigned a at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/ notice. In responding to the Separate single antidumping duty deposit rate. It nme-sep-rate.html on the date of Rate Status Application, refer to the is the Department’s policy to assign all publication of this Federal Register instructions contained in the exporters of merchandise subject to an notice. In responding to the application. Separate Rate Status administrative review in an NME certification, please follow the Applications are due to the Department country this single rate unless an ‘‘Instructions for Filing the no later than 30 calendar days of exporter can demonstrate that it is Certification’’ in the Separate Rate publication of this Federal Register sufficiently independent so as to be Certification. Separate Rate notice. The deadline and requirement entitled to a separate rate. Certifications are due to the Department for submitting a Separate Rate Status To establish whether a firm is no later than 30 calendar days after Application applies equally to NME- sufficiently independent from publication of this Federal Register owned firms, wholly foreign-owned government control of its export notice. The deadline and requirement firms, and foreign sellers that purchase activities to be entitled to a separate for submitting a Certification applies and export subject merchandise to the rate, the Department analyzes each equally to NME-owned firms, wholly United States. foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers entity exporting the subject For exporters and producers who merchandise. In accordance with the who purchase and export subject submit a separate-rate status application separate rates criteria, the Department merchandise to the United States. or certification and subsequently are assigns separate rates to companies in Entities