2011-16623. Initiation of Five-Year (“Sunset”) Review

AGENCY:

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (“the Act”), the Department of Commerce (“the Department”) is automatically initiating a five-year review (“Sunset Review”) of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders and suspended investigation listed below. The International Trade Commission (“the Commission”) is publishing concurrently with this notice its notice of Institution of Five-Year Review which covers the same orders.

DATES:

Effective Date: July 1, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

The Department official identified in the Initiation of Review section below at AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. For information from the Commission contact Mary Messer, Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Department's procedures for the conduct of Sunset Reviews are set forth in its Procedures for Conducting Five-Year (“Sunset”) Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 63 FR 13516 (March 20, 1998) and 70 FR 62061 (October 28, 2005). Guidance on methodological or analytical issues relevant to the Department's conduct of Sunset Reviews is set forth in the Department's Policy Bulletin 98.3—Policies Regarding the Conduct of Five-Year (“Sunset”) Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders: Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871 (April 16, 1998).

Initiation of Review

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(c), we are initiating the Sunset Review of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders and suspended investigation:

DOC Case No.	ITC Case No.	Country	Product	Department contact
A-583-803	731-TA-410	Taiwan	Light-Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & Tube (3rd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
A-533-808	731-TA-638	India	Stainless Steel Wire Rod (3rd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
A-533-502	731-TA-271	India	Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & Tube (3rd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
A-549-502	731-TA-252	Thailand	Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & Tube (3rd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
A-580-810	731-TA-540	South Korea	Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe (3rd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
A-583-815	731-TA-541	Taiwan	Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe (3rd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
A-583-008	731-TA-132	Taiwan	Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes & Tubes (3rd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
A-351-809	731-TA-532	Brazil	Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe (3rd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
A-201-805	731-TA-534	Mexico	Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe (3rd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
A-583-814	731-TA-536	Taiwan	Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe (3rd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
A-580-809	731-TA-533	South Korea	Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe (3rd Review)	David Goldberger, [phone].
A-489-501	731-TA-273	Turkey	Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & Tube (3rd Review)	David Goldberger, [phone].
C-489-502	701-TA-253	Turkey	Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & Tube (3rd Review)	David Goldberger, [phone].
A-821-802	731-TA-539-C	Russia	Uranium (3rd Review) (Suspension Agreement)	Sally Gannon, [phone].

Filing Information

As a courtesy, we are making information related to Sunset proceedings, including copies of the pertinent statue and Department's regulations, the Department schedule for Sunset Reviews, a listing of past revocations and continuations, and current service lists, available to the public on the Department's Internet Web site at the following address: “http://ia.ita.doc.gov/​sunset/​.” All submissions in these Sunset Reviews must be filed in accordance with the Department's regulations regarding format, translation, and service of documents. These rules can be found at 19 CFR 351.303.

This notice serves as a reminder that any party submitting factual information in an antidumping duty or countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceeding must certify to the accuracy and completeness of that information. See section 782(b) of the Act. Parties are hereby reminded that revised certification requirements are in effect for company/government officials as well as their representatives in all AD/CVD investigations or proceedings initiated on or after March 14, 2011. See Certification of Factual Information to Import Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Interim Final Rule, 76 FR 7491 (February 10, 2011) (Interim Final Rule), amending 19 CFR 351.303(g)(1) and (2). The formats for the revised certifications are provided at the end of the Interim Final Rule. The Department intends to reject factual submissions in investigations/proceedings initiated on or after March 14, 2011 if the submitting party does not comply with the revised certification requirements.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(d), the Department will maintain and make available a service list for these proceedings. To facilitate the timely preparation of the service list(s), it is requested that those seeking recognition as interested parties to a proceeding contact the Department in writing within 10 days of the publication of the Notice of Initiation.

Because deadlines in Sunset Reviews can be very short, we urge interested parties to apply for access to proprietary information under administrative protective order (“APO”) immediately following publication in the Federal Register of this notice of initiation by filing a notice of intent to participate. The Department's regulations on submission of proprietary information and eligibility to receive access to business proprietary information under APO can be found at 19 CFR 351.304-306.

Information Required from Interested Parties

Domestic interested parties defined in section 771(9)(C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b) wishing to participate in a Sunset Review must respond not later than 15 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice of initiation by filing a notice of intent to participate. The required contents of the notice of intent to participate are set forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(ii). In accordance with the Department's regulations, if we do not receive a notice of intent to participate from at least one domestic interested party by the 15-day deadline, the Department will automatically revoke the order without further review. See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii).

If we receive an order-specific notice of intent to participate from a domestic interested party, the Department's regulations provide that all parties wishing to participate in the Sunset Review must file complete substantive responses not later than 30 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice of initiation. The required contents of a substantive response, on an order-specific basis, are set forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3). Note that certain information requirements differ for respondent and domestic parties. Also, note that the Department's information requirements are distinct from the Commission's information requirements. Please consult the Department's regulations for information regarding the Department's conduct of Sunset Reviews.^[1] Please consult the Department's regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 for definitions of terms and for other general information concerning AD/CVD proceedings at the Department.

This notice of initiation is being published in accordance with section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c).

Dated: June 21, 2011.

Christian Marsh,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.

Footnotes

1.  In comments made on the interim final sunset regulations, a number of parties stated that the proposed five-day period for rebuttals to substantive responses to a notice of initiation was insufficient. This requirement was retained in the final sunset regulations at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(4). As provided in 19 CFR 351.302(b), however, the Department will consider individual requests to extend that five-day deadline based upon a showing of good cause.