80024 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 

ITC confirms that it will not disclose 

such information, either publicly or 

under an administrative protective order 

(APO), without the written consent of 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to the APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 771(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: December 7, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end 

blocks), whether in finished or unfinished 

form, and which are typically used in the 

manufacture or service of hydraulic pumps. 

The term ‘‘forged’’ is an industry term used 

to describe the grain texture of steel resulting 

from the application of localized compressive 

force. Illustrative forging standards include, 

but are not limited to, American Society for 

Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications 

A668 and A788. 

For purposes of this investigation, the term 

‘‘steel’’ denotes metal containing the 

following chemical elements, by weight: (i) 

Iron greater than or equal to 60 percent; (ii) 

nickel less than or equal to 8.5 percent; (iii) 

copper less than or equal to 6 percent; (iv) 

chromium greater than or equal to 0.4 

percent, but less than or equal to 20 percent; 

and (v) molybdenum greater than or equal to 

0.15 percent, but less than or equal to 3 

percent. Illustrative steel standards include, 

but are not limited to, American Iron and 

Steel Institute (AISI) or Society of 

Automotive Engineers (SAE) grades 4130, 

4135, 4140, 4320, 4330, 4340, 8630, 15–5, 

17–4, F6NM, F22, F60, and XM25, as well as 

modified varieties of these grades. 

The products covered by this investigation 

are: (1) Cut-to-length fluid end blocks with an 

actual height (measured from its highest 

point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches 

(1,016.0 mm), an actual width (measured 

from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) 

to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and an actual 

length (measured from its longest point) of 11 

inches (279.4 mm) to 75 inches (1,905.0 mm); 

and (2) strings of fluid end blocks with an 

actual height (measured from its highest 

point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches 

(1,016.0 mm), an actual width (measured 

from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) 

to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and an actual 

length (measured from its longest point) up 

to 360 inches (9,144.0 mm). 

The products included in the scope of this 

investigation have a tensile strength of at 

least 70 KSI (measured in accordance with 

ASTM A370) and a hardness of at least 140 

HBW (measured in accordance with ASTM 

E10). 

A fluid end block may be imported in 

finished condition (i.e., ready for 

incorporation into a pump fluid end 

assembly without further finishing 

operations) or unfinished condition (i.e., 

forged but still requiring one or more 

finishing operations before it is ready for 

incorporation into a pump fluid end 

assembly). Such finishing operations may 

include: (1) Heat treating; (2) milling one or 

more flat surfaces; (3) contour machining to 

custom shapes or dimensions; (4) drilling or 

boring holes; (5) threading holes; and/or (6) 

painting, varnishing, or coating. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are fluid end block assemblies 

which (1) include (a) plungers and related 

housings, adapters, gaskets, seals, and 

packing nuts, (b) valves and related seats, 

springs, seals, and cover nuts, and (c) a 

discharge flange and related seals, and (2) are 

otherwise ready to be mated with the ‘‘power 

end’’ of a hydraulic pump without the need 

for installation of any plunger, valve, or 

discharge flange components, or any other 

further manufacturing operations. 

The products included in the scope of this 

investigation may enter under Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings 7218.91.0030, 7218.99.0030, 

7224.90.0015, 7224.90.0045, 7326.19.0010, 

7326.90.8688, or 8413.91.9055. While these 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of the 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Final 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Subsidies Valuation 

IV. Benchmark and Interest Rates 

V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should 

Find the Industrial Exemptions for 

General Electricity Network Costs 

Program Specific 

Comment 2: Whether the 2016 Electricity 

Reimbursement Received by Metalcam 

in the Industrial Exemptions for General 

Electricity Network Costs Program 

Should be Counted as a Benefit within 

the POI 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should 

Find European Union Emissions Trading 

System (ETS) Countervailable 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should 

Find Energy Interruptability Contracts 

Countervailable 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Correctly 

Applied Adverse Facts Available to 

Forge Monchieri When It Failed to 

Respond to Commerce’s Quantity and 

Value Questionnaire 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Consider the Government of Italy’s 

Grants for Continuous Training 

Countervailable 

Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should 

Continue to Apply Adverse Facts 

Available Due the GOI’s Failure to 

Provide Information Necessary to Assess 

the De Facto Specificity of Various 

Subsidy Programs 

VIII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2020–27336 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–910] 

Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe 

from the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of 

Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

seamless carbon and alloy steel 

standard, line, and pressure pipe 

(seamless pipe) from the Republic of 

Korea (Korea). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2019 through 

December 31, 2019. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Moses Song or Natasia Harrison, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–7885 or (202) 482–1240, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 


jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 80025 

1See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, 

Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea 

and the Russian Federation: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 85 FR 47170 

(August 4, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, 

Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea 

and the Russian Federation: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigations, 85 FR 54533 (September 2, 

2020). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Seamless 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and 

Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble). 

5See Initiation Notice, 85 FR at 47171. 

6See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, 

Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea, 

the Russian Federation, and Ukraine: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair Value Investigations, 85 FR 73687 

(November 19, 2020). 

7The deadlines for interested parties to submit 

scope case and rebuttal briefs will be established in 

the preliminary 

scope decision memorandum. 

8See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

9See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

10See Vallourec Star, LP’s (Petitioner’s) Letter, 

‘‘Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, 

and Pressure Pipe from Korea and Russia: Request 

to Align Final Determinations,’’ dated October 15, 

2020. 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on August 4, 2020.1 On September 2, 

2020, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation to December 7, 2020.2 For 

a complete description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are seamless pipe from 

Korea. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 we set aside a 

period of time, as stated in the Initiation 

Notice, for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).5

We received comments concerning the 

scope of the antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigations of seamless pipe as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. We 

are currently evaluating the scope 

comments filed by the interested 

parties. We intend to issue our 

preliminary decision regarding the 

scope of this and the companion AD 

and CVD investigations no later than 

February 3, 2021, the deadline for the 

preliminary determinations in the 

companion AD investigations with 

respect to Korea, Russia, and Ukraine.6

We will issue a final scope decision 

after considering any relevant comments 

submitted in case and rebuttal briefs.7

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.8

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that the 

respondent did not act to the best of its 

ability to respond to Commerce’s 

requests for information, Commerce 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.9 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the 

final CVD determination in this 

investigation with the final 

determination in the companion AD 

investigation of seamless pipe from 

Korea based on a request made by the 

petitioner.10 Consequently, the final 

CVD determination will be issued on 

the same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

April 19, 2021, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

preliminarily calculated an individual 

estimated countervailable subsidy rate 

for Iljin Steel Corporation (Iljin), the 

only individually examined exporter/ 

producer in this investigation. Because 

the only individually calculated rate is 

not zero, de minimis, or based entirely 

on facts otherwise available, we are 

preliminarily assigning the estimated 

countervailable subsidy rate calculated 

for Iljin to all other producers and 

exporters, pursuant to section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company Subsidy rate 

percent 

Iljin Steel Corporation ........... 2.13 

All Others .............................. 2.13 percent 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

Commerce is currently unable to 

conduct on-site verification of the 

information relied upon in making its 


jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES
80026 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 

11See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements); and Temporary 

Rule 

Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 

COVID–19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020). 

12See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

final determination in this investigation. 

Accordingly, we intend to take 

additional steps in lieu of on-site 

verification. Commerce will notify 

interested parties of any additional 

documentation or information required. 

Public Comment 

As noted above, Commerce will issue 

a preliminary scope decision no later 

than February 3, 2021. All interested 

parties will have the opportunity to 

submit case and rebuttal briefs on the 

preliminary scope determination by the 

deadline established in the 

memorandum. All parties filing scope 

briefs or rebuttals thereto, must file 

identical documents simultaneously on 

the records of all the ongoing AD and 

CVD seamless pipe investigations. No 

new factual information or business 

proprietary information may be 

included in either scope briefs or 

rebuttal scope briefs. 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. Interested parties will be 

notified of the deadline for the 

submission of such case briefs and 

written comments at a later date. 

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in case briefs, may be submitted no later 

than seven days after the deadline date 

for case briefs.11 Commerce has 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information until further 

notice.12 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this investigation are encouraged to 

submit with each argument: (1) A 

statement of the issue; (2) a brief 

summary of the argument; and (3) a 

table of authorities. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If 

Commerce’s final determination is 

affirmative, the ITC will make its final 

injury determination before the later of 

120 days after the date of Commerce’s 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after its final determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: December 7, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretaryfor Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by the scope of 

this investigation is seamless carbon and 

alloy steel (other than stainless steel) pipes 

and redraw hollows, less than or equal to 16 

inches (406.4 mm) in nominal outside 

diameter, regardless of wall-thickness, 

manufacturing process (e.g., hot-finished or 

cold-drawn), end finish (e.g., plain end, 

beveled end, upset end, threaded, or 

threaded and coupled), or surface finish (e.g., 

bare, lacquered or coated). Redraw hollows 

are any unfinished carbon or alloy steel 

(other than stainless steel) pipe or ‘‘hollow 

profiles’’ suitable for cold finishing 

operations, such as cold drawing, to meet the 

American Society for Testing and Materials 

(ASTM) or American Petroleum Institute 

(API) specifications referenced below, or 

comparable specifications. Specifically 

included within the scope are seamless 

carbon and alloy steel (other than stainless 

steel) standard, line, and pressure pipes 

produced to the ASTM A–53, ASTM A–106, 

ASTM A–333, ASTM A–334, ASTM A–589, 

ASTM A–795, ASTM A–1024, and the API 

5L specifications, or comparable 

specifications, and meeting the physical 

parameters described above, regardless of 

application, with the exception of the 

exclusions discussed below. 

Specifically excluded from the scope of the 

investigation are: (1) All pipes meeting 

aerospace, hydraulic, and bearing tubing 

specifications, including pipe produced to 

the ASTM A–822 standard; (2) all pipes 

meeting the chemical requirements of ASTM 

A–335, whether finished or unfinished; and 

(3) unattached couplings. Also excluded from 

the scope of the investigations are all 

mechanical, boiler, condenser and heat 

exchange tubing, except when such products 

conform to the dimensional requirements, 

i.e., outside diameter and wall thickness, of 

ASTM A–53, ASTM A–106 or API 5L 

specifications. 

Subject seamless standard, line, and 

pressure pipe are normally entered under 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheadings 7304.19.1020, 

7304.19.1030, 7304.19.1045, 7304.19.1060, 

7304.19.5020, 7304.19.5050, 7304.31.6050, 

7304.39.0016, 7304.39.0020, 7304.39.0024, 

7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 7304.39.0036, 

7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044, 7304.39.0048, 

7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 7304.39.0062, 

7304.39.0068, 7304.39.0072, 7304.51.5005, 

7304.51.5060, 7304.59.6000, 7304.59.8010, 

7304.59.8015, 7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 

7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 7304.59.8040, 

7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050, 7304.59.8055, 

7304.59.8060, 7304.59.8065, and 

7304.59.8070. The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes; the written 

description of the scope is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Alignment 

VI. Injury Test 

VII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VIII. Subsidies Valuation Information 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2020–27306 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice To Suspend Applications for 

Certification for Printing NOAA 

Nautical Charts and Publications 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice to suspend accepting 

new applications for certification for 

printing and distribution of NOAA 

nautical charts and the United States 

Coast Pilot, and to update the public on 

digital distribution of NOAA’s products. 

SUMMARY: The federal government 

ceased printing of paper nautical charts 

in April 2014. Since then, the Office of 

Coast Survey has successfully 

transitioned the printing of paper 

nautical charts to the private sector and, 

since the Federal Register Notice of 

January 2, 2014, has certified more than 

three dozen companies to print and sell 

NOAA nautical charts and the United 


jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES