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1 Individual members are Kohler Co. and Briggs 

& Stratton Corporation. 

2See Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 

225cc and 999cc, and Parts Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary 

Negative Critical Circumstances Determination, and 

Alignment of Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination, 85 FR 37061 

(June 19, 2020) (Preliminary Determination), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

(PDM). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Post-Preliminary Analysis 

of Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain 

Vertical Shaft Engines Between 225cc and 999cc, 

and Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated June 4, 2020. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Affirmative Determination and Final 

Negative Critical Circumstances Determination in 

the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain 

Vertical Shaft Engines Between 225cc and 999cc, 

and Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

5We are making no changes to our application of 

AFA, and thus incorporate by reference our 

discussion from the Preliminary Determination. See 

PDM at ‘‘Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences.’’ 

6See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

‘‘Analysis of Programs.’’ 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments may be sent through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and, in the 

‘‘Search’’ box, enter the Docket ID No 

‘‘RUS–20–ELECTRIC–0049’’ to submit 

or view public comments and to view 

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available electronically. Information on 

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instructions for accessing documents, 

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period, is available through the site’s 

‘‘Help’’ button at the top of the page. 

Title: Assistance to High Energy Cost 

Rural Communities. 

OMB Number: 0572–0136. 

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 

2021. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Rural Electrification Act 

of 1936 (RE Act) (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) 

was mended in November 2000 to create 

a new program to help rural 

communities with extremely high 

energy costs (Pub. L. 106–472). Under 

the new section 19 of the RE Act (7 

U.S.C. 918a), the Secretary of 

Agriculture through RUS, is authorized 

to provide financial assistance. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 3.4 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

60. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 344 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 5.73. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,172. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Kimble Brown, 

Management Analyst, Innovation 

Center, Regulations Management 

Division, at (202) 720–6780. All 

responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Chad Rupe, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–120] 

Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 

225cc and 999cc, and Parts Thereof 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Final Negative 

Critical Circumstances Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and/or exporters 

of certain vertical shaft engines between 

225cc and 999cc, and parts thereof 

(vertical shaft engines) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China). 

DATES: Applicable January 11, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Huston, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4261. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The petitioners in this investigation 

are the Coalition of American Vertical 

Engine Producers and its individual 

members.1 In addition to the 

Government of China, the mandatory 

respondents in this investigation are 

Loncin Motor Co. (Loncin) and 

Chongqing Zongshen General Power 

Machine Co., Ltd. (Zongshen). 

On June 19, 2020, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

Preliminary Determination of this 

investigation.2 On November 4, 2020, 

Commerce issued a Post-Preliminary 

Analysis.3 For a complete description of 

the events that followed the Preliminary 

Determination of this investigation, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum.4

The Issues and 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 Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

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

frn/. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are certain vertical shaft 

engines from China. For a complete 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation is January 

1, 2019 through December 31, 2019. 

Use of Adverse Facts Available 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce is relying on facts otherwise 

available, including adverse facts 

available (AFA), pursuant to section 

776(a) and (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act). For a full 

discussion of our application of AFA, 

see the Preliminary Determination.5

Analysis of Comments Received 

In the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, we address all issues 

raised in parties’ case and rebuttal 

briefs. A list of the issues that parties 

raised, and to which we responded, is 

attached to this notice as Appendix II. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our review and analysis of 

the comments received from parties, we 

made changes to Loncin and Zongshen’s 

subsidy rate calculations. For a 

discussion of the changes, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum.6


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7With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates: (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of 

the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 

of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents using each company’s 

publicly-ranged U.S. sale quantities for the 

merchandise under consideration. Commerce then 

compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate 

closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all 

other producers and exporters. See, e.g., Ball 

Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, 

Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final 

Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and 

Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 

(September 1, 2010). As complete publicly ranged 

sales data were available, Commerce based the allothers rate on the publicly ranged sales data of the 

mandatory respondents. For a complete analysis of 

the data, please see the All-Others Rate Calculation 

Memorandum dated concurrently with this 

determination. 

All-Others Rate 

In accordance with section 

705(c)(1)(B)(i)(I) of the Act, Commerce 

calculated a countervailable subsidy 

rate for the individually investigated 

exporters/producers of the subject 

merchandise. Consistent with sections 

705(c)(1)(B)(i)(I) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the 

Act, Commerce also calculated an 

estimated all-others rate for exporters 

and producers not individually 

investigated. Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of 

the Act provides that the all-others rate 

shall be an amount equal to the 

weighted-average of the countervailable 

subsidy rates established for 

individually investigated exporters and 

producers, excluding any rates that are 

zero or de minimis or any rates 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act. In this investigation, 

Commerce calculated individual 

estimated countervailable subsidy rates 

for Loncin and Zongshen that are not 

zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 

facts otherwise available. Therefore, 

Commerce calculated the all-others rate 

using a weighted average of the 

individual estimated subsidy rates 

calculated for the examined respondents 

using each company’s publicly-ranged 

values for the merchandise under 

consideration.7

Final Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

Commerce determines that critical 

circumstances do not exist within the 

meaning of 703(e)(1) of the Act. For 

further information, see Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 

Final Determination 

In accordance with section 

705(c)(1)(B)(i)(I) of the Act, we 

established individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates for 

Loncin, and Zongshen. Commerce 

determines the total estimated net 

countervailable subsidy rates to be the 

following: 

Producers/exporters Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Loncin Motor Co. .................. 17.75 

Chongqing Zongshen General Power Machine Co. ... 19.29 

All Others .............................. 18.72 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose to parties in 

this proceeding the calculations 

performed for this final determination 

within five days of the date of public 

announcement of our final 

determination, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination, and pursuant to sections 

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

instructed U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation 

of all entries of merchandise under 

consideration from China that were 

entered or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption, on or after June 19, 

2020, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. In accordance with 

section 703(d) of the Act, we issued 

instructions to CBP to discontinue the 

suspension of liquidation for CVD 

purposes for subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

on or after October 17, 2020, but to 

continue the suspension of liquidation 

of all entries from June 19, 2020 through 

October 16, 2020. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (the ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a CVD order and will reinstate 

the suspension of liquidation under 

section 706(a) of the Act and will 

require a cash deposit of estimated 

CVDs for such entries of subject 

merchandise in the amounts indicated 

above. If the ITC determines that 

material injury, or threat of material 

injury, does not exist, this proceeding 

will be terminated and all estimated 

duties deposited or securities posted as 

a result of the suspension of liquidation 

will be refunded or canceled. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

the final affirmative determination of 

countervailable subsidies. Because the 

final determination in this proceeding is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

705(b) of the Act, the ITC will make its 

final determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

certain vertical shaft engines from China 

no later than 45 days after our final 

determination. If the ITC determines 

that material injury or threat of material 

injury does not exist, the proceeding 

will be terminated and all cash deposits 

will be refunded. If the ITC determines 

that such injury does exist, Commerce 

will issue a CVD order directing CBP to 

assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, countervailing duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation, as 

discussed above in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice will serve as a reminder 

to the parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of propriety information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

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

written notification of return or 

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 sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: January 4, 2021. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation consists of spark-ignited, nonroad, vertical shaft engines, whether finished 

or unfinished, whether assembled or 

unassembled, primarily for riding lawn 

mowers and zero-turn radius lawn mowers. 

Engines meeting this physical description 

may also be for other non-hand-held outdoor 

power equipment such as, including but not 

limited to, tow-behind brush mowers, 

grinders, and vertical shaft generators. The 

subject engines are spark ignition, single or 

multiple cylinder, air cooled, internal 

combustion engines with vertical power take 

off shafts with a minimum displacement of 

225 cubic centimeters (cc) and a maximum 

displacement of 999cc. Typically, engines 


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1See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 85 FR 54350 

(September 1, 2020). 

2See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Cold-Rolled Steel Flat 

Products from Brazil: Errata to September 30, 2020 

Request for Administrative Review of 

Countervailing Duty Order to Correct Case Number 

Typographical Error,’’ dated October 1, 2020 

(requesting for review of Aperam Inox America do 

Sul S.A.; ArcelorMittal Brasil S.A.; Armco do Brasil 

S.A.; Arvedi Metalfer do Brasil; Companhia 

Siderurgica Nacional; NVent do Brasil 

Eletrometalurgica; Signode Brasileira Ltda.; Usinas 

Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (Usiminas); Villares 

Metals S.A.; Waelzholz Brasmetal Laminacao Ltda.); 

and Memorandum, ‘‘Acceptance of Review Request 

as Timely Filed,’’ dated October 2, 2020. 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 

68845 (October 30, 2020). 

4See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Cold-Rolled Steel Flat 

Products from Brazil: Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review of Countervailing Duty 

Order,’’ dated December 17, 2020. 

with displacements of this size generate gross 

power of between 6.7 kilowatts (kw) to 42 

kw. 

Engines covered by this scope normally 

must comply with and be certified under 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air 

pollution controls title 40, chapter I, 

subchapter U, part 1054 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations standards for small nonroad spark-ignition engines and equipment. 

Engines that otherwise meet the physical 

description of the scope but are not certified 

under 40 CFR part 1054 and are not certified 

under other parts of subchapter U of the EPA 

air pollution controls are not excluded from 

the scope of this proceeding. Engines that 

may be certified under both 40 CFR part 1054 

as well as other parts of subchapter U remain 

subject to the scope of this proceeding. 

For purposes of this investigation, an 

unfinished engine covers at a minimum a 

sub-assembly comprised of, but not limited 

to, the following components: Crankcase, 

crankshaft, camshaft, piston(s), and 

connecting rod(s). Importation of these 

components together, whether assembled or 

unassembled, and whether or not 

accompanied by additional components such 

as an oil pan, manifold, cylinder head(s), 

valve train, or valve cover(s), constitutes an 

unfinished engine for purposes of this 

investigation. The inclusion of other 

products such as spark plugs fitted into the 

cylinder head or electrical devices (e.g., 

ignition modules, ignition coils) for 

synchronizing with the motor to supply 

tension current does not remove the product 

from the scope. The inclusion of any other 

components not identified as comprising the 

unfinished engine subassembly in a 

thirdcountry does not remove the engine 

from the scope. 

The engines subject to this investigation 

are typically classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

at subheadings: 8407.90.1020, 8407.90.1060, 

and 8407.90.1080. The engine subassemblies 

that are subject to this investigation enter 

under HTSUS 8409.91.9990. Engines subject 

to this investigation may also enter under 

HTSUS 8407.90.9060 and 8407.90.9080. The 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes only, and 

the written description of the merchandise 

under investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Final Negative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Scope of the Investigation 

VI. Subsidies Valuation 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

General Issues 

Comment 1: Export Buyer’s Credit Program 

Comment 2: Policy Loans to the VSE 

Industry 

Comment 3: Electricity for LTAR Program 

Comment 4: Whether Input Suppliers are 

Authorities 

Comment 5: Income Tax Deduction for 

R&D Expenses 

Comment 6: Uncreditworthiness Findings 

Comment 7: Benchmark for Unwrought 

Aluminum 

Comment 8: Inland Freight Rates for the 

Unwrought Aluminum Benchmark 

Comment 9: Critical Circumstances 

Issues Related to Zongshen 

Comment 10: Denominators and 

Attribution of Subsidies for Zongshen 

Affiliates 

Comment 11: Alleged Error in Zongshen’s 

Policy Lending Calculations 

Comment 12: Zongshen Power’s Electricity 

Calculations 

Comment 13: Minor Corrections for Export 

Seller’s Credits and Policy Loans to the 

VSE Industry Programs 

Comment 14: Alleged Error in Zongshen’s 

Export Seller’s Credits Program 

Calculations 

Comment 15: Zongshen’s Land-Use Rights 

for LTAR 

Comment 16: Zongshen’s Consolidated 

Sales Denominators 

Issues Related to Loncin 

Comment 17: Income Tax Deduction for 

R&D Expenses Program 

Comment 18: Whether Loans Received by 

Loncin Group and Loncin Holdings are 

Policy Loans to the VSE Industry 

Comment 19: Loncin’s Loan Calculations 

Comment 20: Loncin’s Unwrought 

Aluminum Calculations 

Comment 21: Loncin’s Other Subsidies 

Comment 22: Loncin’s Policy Loans 

Comment 23: Loans from DBS Bank China 

Comment 24: Alleged Errors in Loncin’s 

Electricity for LTAR Calculations 

Comment 25: Loncin’s Sales Denominators 

Comment 26: Loncin’s Land-Use Rights for 

LTAR Calculations 

VIII. Analysis of Comments 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–351–844] 

Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From 

Brazil: Rescission of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is rescinding its 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

cold-rolled steel flat products (CRS flat 

products) from Brazil for the period of 

review (POR) January 1, 2019, through 

December 31, 2019. 

DATES: Applicable January 11, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex 

Wood, 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) 482–1959. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 1, 2020, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the CVD order 

on CRS flat products from Brazil for the 

POR.1 Commerce received a timely 

request from Nucor Corporation and 

United States Steel Corporation (the 

petitioners), in accordance with section 

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

amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.213(b) to conduct an administrative 

review of this CVD order with respect to 

ten companies.2

On October 30, 2020, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of initiation with respect to these 

companies.3 On December 17, 2020, the 

petitioners timely withdrew their 

request for an administrative review 

with respect to all ten companies.4

Rescission of Administrative Review 

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

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the parties that requested a 

review withdraw the request within 90 

days of the date of publication of the 

notice of initiation of the requested 

review. The petitioners withdrew their 

request for review before the 90-day 

deadline, and no other party requested 

an administrative review of this order. 

Therefore, we are rescinding the 

administrative review of the CVD order 

on CRS flat products from Brazil 

covering the period January 1, 2019, 

through December 31, 2019, in its 

entirety. 


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