Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 243 / Thursday, December 17, 2020 / Notices 81877 

Extension of Provisional Measures, 85 FR 32010 

(May 28, 2020); Forged Steel Fittings from India: 

Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value, 85 FR 66306 (October 19, 2020); 

Forged Steel Fittings from the Republic of Korea: 

Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value, 85 FR 66302 (October 19, 2020); 

and Forged Steel Fittings from India: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 

FR 66535 (October 20, 2020). 

3We note that the scope of the Orders lists 

‘‘Casing conductor connectors made to proprietary 

specifications’’ in the list of excluded products, and 

confirm that this spelling is intended and correct 

(i.e., not a typographical error). 

Specifically, in the Appendix to the 

published Orders, the second sentence 

of paragraph three reads: ‘‘Forged steel 

fittings are not manufactured from 

casings.’’ The sentence should have 

read: ‘‘Forged steel fittings are not 

manufactured from castings.’’ (emphasis 

added).3

We are hereby correcting the Orders 

to include the correct scope as described 

above and included in the Appendix to 

this notice. 

This notice serves as a correction to 

the Orders and is published in 

accordance with section 706(a) and 

736(a)of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended. 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by these orders 

is carbon and alloy forged steel fittings, 

whether unfinished (commonly known as 

blanks or rough forgings) or finished. Such 

fittings are made in a variety of shapes 

including, but not limited to, elbows, tees, 

crosses, laterals, couplings, reducers, caps, 

plugs, bushings, unions (including hammer 

unions), and outlets. Forged steel fittings are 

covered regardless of end finish, whether 

threaded, socket-weld or other end 

connections. The scope includes integrally 

reinforced forged branch outlet fittings, 

regardless of whether they have one or more 

ends that is a socket welding, threaded, butt 

welding end, or other end connections. 

While these fittings are generally 

manufactured to specifications ASME 

B16.11, MSS SP–79, MSS SP–83, MSS–SP– 

97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350 and ASTM 

A182, the scope is not limited to fittings 

made to these specifications. 

The term forged is an industry term used 

to describe a class of products included in 

applicable standards, and it does not 

reference an exclusive manufacturing 

process. Forged steel fittings are not 

manufactured from castings. Pursuant to the 

applicable standards, fittings may also be 

machined from bar stock or machined from 

seamless pipe and tube. 

All types of forged steel fittings are 

included in the scope regardless of nominal 

pipe size (which may or may not be 

expressed in inches of nominal pipe size), 

pressure class rating (expressed in pounds of 

pressure, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 3M; 

6,000 or 6M; 9,000 or 9M), wall thickness, 

and whether or not heat treated. 

Excluded from this scope are all fittings 

entirely made of stainless steel. Also 

excluded are flanges, nipples, and all fittings 

that have a maximum pressure rating of 300 

pounds per square inch/PSI or less. 

Also excluded from the scope are fittings 

certified or made to the following standards, 

so long as the fittings are not also 

manufactured to the specifications of ASME 

B16.11, MSS SP–79, MSS SP–83, MSS SP– 

97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350 and ASTM 

A182: 

• American Petroleum Institute (API) 5CT, 

API 5L, or API 11B; 

• American Society of Mechanical 

Engineers (ASME) B16.9; 

• Manufacturers Standardization Society 

(MSS) SP–75; 

• Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) 

J476, SAE J514, SAE J516, SAE J517, SAE 

J518, SAE J1026, SAE J1231, SAE J1453, SAE 

J1926, J2044 or SAE AS 35411; 

• Hydraulic hose fittings (e.g., fittings used 

in high pressure water cleaning applications, 

in the manufacture of hydraulic engines, to 

connect rubber dispensing hoses to a 

dispensing nozzle or grease fitting) made to 

ISO 12151–1, 12151–2, 12151–3, 12151–4, 

12151–5, or 12151–6; 

• Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) certified 

electrical conduit fittings; 

• ASTM A153, A536, A576, or A865; 

• Casing conductor connectors made to 

proprietary specifications; 

• Machined steel parts (e.g., couplers) that 

are not certified to any specifications in this 

scope description and that are not for 

connecting steel pipes for distributing gas 

and liquids; 

• Oil country tubular goods (OCTG) 

connectors (e.g., forged steel tubular 

connectors for API 5L pipes or OCTG for 

offshore oil and gas drilling and extraction); 

• Military Specification (MIL) MIL–C– 

4109F and MIL–F–3541; and 

• International Organization for 

Standardization (ISO) ISO6150–B. 

Also excluded from the scope are 

assembled or unassembled hammer unions 

that consist of a nut and two subs. To qualify 

for this exclusion, the hammer union must 

meet each of the following criteria: (1) The 

face of the nut of the hammer union is 

permanently marked with one of the 

following markings: ‘‘FIG 100,’’ ‘‘FIG 110,’’ 

‘‘FIG 100C,’’ ‘‘FIG 200,’’ ‘‘FIG 200C,’’ ‘‘FIG 

201,’’ ‘‘FIG 202,’’ ‘‘FIG 206,’’ ‘‘FIG 207,’’ ‘‘FIG 

211,’’ ‘‘FIG 300,’’ ‘‘FIG 301,’’ ‘‘FIG 400,’’ ‘‘FIG 

600,’’ ‘‘FIG 602,’’ ‘‘FIG 607,’’ ‘‘FIG 1002,’’ 

‘‘FIG 1003,’’ ‘‘FIG 1502,’’ ‘‘FIG 1505,’’ ‘‘FIG 

2002,’’ or ‘‘FIG 2202’’; (2) the hammer union 

does not bear any of the following markings: 

‘‘Class 3000,’’ ‘‘Class 3M,’’ ‘‘Class 6000,’’ 

‘‘Class 6M,’’ ‘‘Class 9000,’’ or ‘‘Class 9M’’; 

and (3) the nut and both subs of the hammer 

union are painted. 

Also excluded from the scope are subs or 

wingnuts made to ASTM A788, marked with 

‘‘FIG 1002,’’ ‘‘FIG 1502,’’ or ‘‘FIG 2002,’’ and 

with a pressure rating of 10,000 PSI or 

greater. These parts are made from AISI/SAE 

4130, 4140, or 4340 steel and are 100 percent 

magnetic particle inspected before shipment. 

Also excluded from the scope are tee, 

elbow, cross, adapter (or ‘‘crossover’’), blast 

joint (or ‘‘spacer’’), blind sub, swivel joint 

and pup joint which have wing nut or not. 

To qualify for this exclusion, these products 

must meet each of the following criteria: (1) 

Manufacturing and Inspection standard is 

API 6A or API 16C; and, (2) body or wing nut 

is permanently marked with one of the 

following markings: ‘‘FIG 2002,’’ ‘‘FIG 1502,’’ 

‘‘FIG 1002,’’ ‘‘FIG 602,’’ ‘‘FIG 206,’’ or ‘‘FIG 

any other number’’ or MTR (Material Test 

Report) shows these FIG numbers. 

To be excluded from the scope, products 

must have the appropriate standard or 

pressure markings and/or be accompanied by 

documentation showing product compliance 

to the applicable standard or pressure, e.g., 

‘‘API 5CT’’ mark and/or a mill certification 

report. 

Subject carbon and alloy forged steel 

fittings are normally entered under 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) 7307.92.3010, 7307.92.3030, 

7307.92.9000, 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 

7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. They may 

also be entered under HTSUS 7307.93.3010, 

7307.93.3040, 7307.93.6000, 7307.93.9010, 

7307.93.9040, 7307.93.9060, and 

7326.19.0010. 

The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes; the written 

description of the scope is dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–489–822] 

Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of 

Turkey: Preliminary Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, in Part, and Preliminary 

Deferral of Administrative Review, in 

Part; 2018–2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that Cimtas Boru Imalatlari ve Ticaret, 

Ltd. Sti. (Cimtas), the sole mandatory 

respondent and only company with 

suspended entries during the period of 

review (POR), did not have reviewable 

sales during the POR. We are 

preliminarily deferring, in part, Cimtas’s 

sales reporting until a subsequent 

review period and are preliminarily 

rescinding, in part, this administrative 

review with respect to the remaining 18 

companies. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on these preliminary 

results. 

DATES: Applicable December 17, 2020. 

81878 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 243 / Thursday, December 17, 2020 / Notices 

1See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 66880 

(December 6, 2019). 

2See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Welded Line Pipe from 

the Republic of Turkey: Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ dated December 27, 2019. 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 

6896 (February 6, 2020); see also Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 13860, 13868 

(March 10, 2020) for correction of the spelling of 

certain company names. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘2018–2019 Administrative 

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Welded 

Line Pipe from Turkey: Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated February 24, 2020. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational 

Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 

2020; see also Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines 

for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

6See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Welded Line Pipe from 

the Republic of Turkey: Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated August 20, 2020. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Release of U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection Entry Data,’’ dated February 

6, 2020. 

8See, e.g., Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2018–2019, 85 FR 71317, 71318 (November 

9, 2020); see also Certain Circular Welded NonAlloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016– 

2017, 83 FR 54084 (October 26, 2018). 

9See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

10See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review of Welded Line Pipe from 

the Republic of Turkey: Business Proprietary 

Information (BPI) Related to the Preliminary 

Results,’’ dated concurrently with this notice. 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(c). 

12See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alice Maldonado, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4682. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 6, 2019, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on welded line 

pipe from the Republic of Turkey 

(Turkey) for the period December 1, 

2018, through November 30, 2019.1 In 

December 2019, Commerce received a 

timely request, in accordance with 

section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), to conduct 

an administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on welded line 

pipe from Turkey from California Steel 

Industries, TMK IPSCO, Welspun 

Tubular LLC USA, and Maverick Tube 

Corporation (collectively, the 

petitioners).2 Based on this request, on 

February 6, 2020, in accordance with 

751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of initiation listing 19 companies 

for which the petitioners requested an 

administrative review.3 On February 24, 

2020, Commerce selected Cimtas, the 

only company with suspended entries 

of welded line pipe from Turkey during 

the POR, for individual examination 

and issued the antidumping duty 

questionnaire to the company.4

On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled 

all deadlines in administrative reviews 

by 50 days, and, on July 21, 2020, 

Commerce tolled deadlines for 

preliminary and final results in 

administrative reviews by an additional 

60 days,5 thereby extending the 

deadline for withdrawing requests for 

review until June 25, 2020, and the 

deadline for these preliminary results 

until December 21, 2020. 

On August 20, 2020, the petitioners 

withdrew their request for an 

administrative review for the 19 

companies for which they had requested 

a review.6

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order are 

circular welded carbon and alloy steel 

(other than stainless steel) pipe of a kind 

used for oil or gas pipelines (welded 

line pipe), not more than 24 inches in 

nominal outside diameter, regardless of 

wall thickness, length, surface finish, 

end finish, or stenciling. Welded line 

pipe is normally produced to the 

American Petroleum Institute (API) 

specification 5L, but can be produced to 

comparable foreign specifications, to 

proprietary grades, or can be non-graded 

material. All pipe meeting the physical 

description set forth above, including 

multiple-stenciled pipe with an API or 

comparable foreign specification line 

pipe stencil is covered by the scope of 

this order. 

The welded line pipe that is subject 

to the order is currently classifiable in 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) under 

subheadings 7305.11.1030, 

7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 

7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 

7305.19.5000, 7306.19.1010, 

7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, and 

7306.19.5150. The subject merchandise 

may also enter in HTSUS 7305.11.1060 

and 7305.12.1060. While the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of the 

order is dispositive. 

Preliminary Partial Rescission of 

Administrative Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if a party who requested the review 

withdraws the request within 90 days of 

the date of publication of notice of 

initiation of the requested review. The 

aforementioned withdrawal request was 

untimely submitted; therefore, we are 

not rescinding this administrative 

review based on this request. 

Nonetheless, the record of this 

administrative review indicates that, of 

the 19 companies subject to review, 

Cimtas is the only company with 

suspended entries of subject 

merchandise during the period of 

review.7 It is Commerce’s practice to 

rescind an administrative review 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) when 

there are no reviewable entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR 

subject to the antidumping duty order 

for which liquidation is suspended.8 At 

the end of the administrative review, the 

suspended entries are liquidated at the 

assessment rate computed for the review 

period.9 Therefore, for an administrative 

review to be conducted, there must be 

a reviewable, suspended entry to be 

liquidated at the newly calculated 

assessment rate. Accordingly, pursuant 

to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we have 

preliminarily determined to rescind this 

administrative review with respect to 

the 18 companies listed in the appendix 

to this notice that have no reviewable, 

suspended entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR. 

Partial Deferral of Administrative 

Review 

For the reasons discussed in the 

accompanying proprietary analysis 

memorandum, we preliminarily 

determine that there are no reviewable 

sales to an unaffiliated U.S. customer 

related to Cimtas’s POR entries of 

welded line pipe.10 Therefore, because 

there are no reviewable sales during this 

POR, we are deferring Cimtas’s 

reporting of its sales to the appropriate 

subsequent review, contingent upon a 

request for review of Cimtas. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. Interested parties may 

submit case briefs to Commerce no later 

than 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice.11 Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in case 

briefs, may be submitted no later than 

seven days after the deadline for case 

briefs.12 Commerce has modified certain 

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 243 / Thursday, December 17, 2020 / Notices 81879 

13See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

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

14See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 

of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 

proprietary information until further 

notice.13 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 date and 

time to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

An electronically-filed document 

must be received successfully in its 

entirety via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS) by 

5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 

established deadline. 

Final Results 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in any written briefs, not 

later than 120 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, unless 

otherwise extended.14

Assessment 

If Commerce proceeds to a final 

rescission of this administrative review, 

Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate 

any suspended entries for the 18 

companies listed in Appendix I at the 

rate in effect at the time of entry. We 

intend to issue liquidation instructions 

to CBP 15 days after publication of the 

final results of this review. If Commerce 

proceeds to a final deferral with respect 

to Cimtas’s suspended entries during 

the POR, they will remain suspended 

until parties have an opportunity to 

request a review of the antidumping 

duty order of welded line pipe from 

Turkey for the period December 1, 2019, 

through November 30, 2020. If 

Commerce does not receive a timely 

request to review Cimtas for the period 

December 1, 2019, through November 

30, 2020, Commerce will instruct CBP to 

assess antidumping duties on and 

liquidate Cimtas’ suspended entries 

during the POR at the cash deposit rate 

in effect at the time of entry. If 

Commerce receives a timely request to 

review Cimtas for the period December 

1, 2019, through November 30, 2020, 

Cimtas’s suspended entries during the 

POR will remain suspended until the 

completion of the review and will be 

liquidated based on the final results for 

Cimtas. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

If Commerce proceeds to a final 

rescission, in part, and final deferral, in 

part, of this administrative review, no 

cash deposit rates will change. 

Accordingly, the current cash deposit 

requirements shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a reminder to 

importers of their responsibility under 

19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305. 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 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.213(d). 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

Appendix 

Borusan Istikbal Ticaret 

Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret 

A.S. 

Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. 

Emek Boru Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. 

Erbosan Erciyas Tube Industry and Trade Co. 

Inc. 

Erciyas Celik Boru Sanayii A.S. 

Guven Celik Boru Sanayii ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti. 

Has Altinyagmur celik Boru Sanayii ve 

Ticaret Ltd. Sti. 

HDM Steel Pipe Industry & Trade Co. Ltd. 

Metalteks Celik Urunleri Sanayii 

MMZ Onur Boru Profil Uretim Sanayii ve 

Ticaret A.S. 

Noksel Steel Pipe Co. Inc. 

Ozbal Celik Boru 

Toscelik Profile and Sheet Industry, Co. 

Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S. 

Umran Celik Boru Sanayii 

YMS Pipe & Metal Sanayii A.S. 

Yucel Boru Ithalat-Ihracat ve Pazarlama A.S. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA716] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Marine Site 

Characterization Surveys Off of 

Coastal Virginia 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Issuance of a modified 

incidental harassment authorization; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

regulations implementing the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as 

amended, notification is hereby given 

that NMFS has issued a modified 

incidental harassment authorization 

(IHA) to Dominion Energy Virginia 

(Dominion) to incidentally harass 

marine mammals incidental to marine 

site characterization surveys conducted 

in the areas of the Commercial Lease of 

Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy 

Development on the Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) Offshore Virginia (Lease No. 

OCS–A–0483) as well as in coastal 

waters where an export cable corridor 

will be established in support of the 

Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind