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1Bethlehem Steel Corporation, US Steel Group, a 

unit of USX Corporation, Ispat Inland Steel, LTV 

Steel Company, Inc., National Steel Corporation, 

California Steel Industries, Gallatin Steel Company, 

Geneva Steel, Gulf States Steel Inc., IPSCO Steel 

Inc., Steel Dynamics, Weirton Steel Corporation, 

Independent Steelworkers Union, and United 

Steelworkers of America were petitioners in the 

original investigation. In 2002, International Steel 

Group was formed; International Steel Group 

reported that it is the successor to LTV Steel 

Company Inc., Weirton Steel Corporation, and 

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, which are no longer 

in existence. In 2005, International Steel Group and 

Ipsat Inland Steel merged with Mittal Steel 

Company NV. In 2006, Arcelor and Mittal Steel 

Company NV merged, and Mittal Steel’s U.S. hotrolled steel operations became a part of 

ArcelorMittal USA. ArcelorMittal USA stated that 

it is a U.S. producer of hot-rolled steel and an 

interested party pursuant to section 771(9)(C) of the 

Act. See April 15, 2010 Notice of Intent to 

Participate letter from ArcelorMittal USA to the 

Department. Nucor Corporation is also a domestic 

producer of subject merchandise. According to the 

domestic interested parties, IPSCO Steel Inc. is now 

known as SSAB N.A.D. 

2The Department found that USIMINAS owned 

49.79 percent of COSIPA during the period of 

investigation. See Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination: Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled 

Carbon-Quality Steel Products From Brazil, 64 FR 

38741, 38744 (July 19, 1999). Accordingly, the 

Department treated these two producers as a single 

company for purposes of the investigation in 

accordance with section 771(33)(E) of the Act. 

Dated: November 29, 2010. 

Susan H. Kuhbach, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–351–829] 

Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled CarbonQuality Steel Products From Brazil: 

Final Results of Full Sunset Review of 

Countervailing Duty Order 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On April 1, 2010, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) initiated the second sunset 

review of the countervailing duty (CVD) 

order on certain hot-rolled flat-rolled 

carbon-quality steel products (hot-rolled 

steel) from Brazil, pursuant to section 

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

amended (the Act). On the basis of a 

notice of intent to participate and an 

adequate substantive response filed on 

behalf of the domestic interested 

parties,1 and adequate responses from 

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais 

and Companhia Siderurgica Paulista 

(USIMINAS/COSIPA) 2 and Companhia 

Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), producers 

of hot-rolled steel, and the Government 

of Brazil (GOB), the Department 

determined to conduct a full sunset 

review of this CVD order pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(2). As a result of our 

analysis, the Department finds that 

revocation of the CVD order would 

likely lead to continuance or recurrence 

of a countervailable subsidy. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 3, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Milton Koch, AD/CVD Operations 

Office 6, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–2584. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 1, 2010, the Department 

initiated the second sunset review of the 

countervailing duty order on hot-rolled 

steel from Brazil in accordance with 

section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation 

of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 75 FR 

16437 (April 1, 2010). The domestic 

interested parties timely filed a notice of 

intent to participate. The Department 

received substantive responses filed on 

behalf of the domestic interested parties, 

and responses from USIMINAS/COSIPA 

and CSN, producers of hot-rolled steel, 

and the GOB. Based on a finding that 

the substantive responses were 

adequate, the Department determined to 

conduct a full sunset review of this CVD 

order pursuant to section 751(c) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(2). See 

Memorandum from Jacqueline 

Arrowsmith, Trade Compliance Analyst, 

to Barbara Tillman, Director, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 6 re: Adequacy 

Determination in Countervailing Duty 

Sunset Review Of Hot-Rolled Carbon, 

Steel Flat Products from Brazil—Second 

Countervailing Duty Review (2005 

through 2009) (May 21, 2010). 

On July 20, 2010, the Department 

issued the preliminary results of the full 

sunset review, finding a likelihood of 

continuation or recurrence of 

subsidization with a net countervailable 

subsidy likely to prevail of zero percent 

for USIMINAS/COSIPA, CSN and all 

other companies. See Certain Hot-Rolled 

Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel 

Products from Brazil: Preliminary 

Results of Full Sunset Review, 75 FR 

43931 (July 27, 2010). Interested parties 

were invited to comment on the 

preliminary results. On September 15, 

2010, the Department received timely 

case briefs from domestic interested 

parties, USIMINAS/COSIPA, and CSN. 

On September 20, 2010, the Department 

received rebuttal briefs from the same 

parties. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order are 

certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbonquality steel products of a rectangular 

shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, 

neither clad, plated, nor coated with 

metal and whether or not painted, 

varnished, or coated with plastics or 

other non-metallic substances, in coils 

(whether or not in successively 

superimposed layers) regardless of 

thickness, and in straight lengths, of a 

thickness less than 4.75 mm and of a 

width measuring at least 10 times the 

thickness. Universal mill plate (i.e., flatrolled products rolled on four faces or 

in a closed box pass, of a width 

exceeding 150 mm, but not exceeding 

1250 mm and of a thickness of not less 

than 4 mm, not in coils and without 

patterns in relief) of a thickness not less 

than 4.0 mm is not included within the 

scope of the order. 

Specifically included in the scope are 

vacuum degassed, fully stabilized 

(commonly referred to as interstitial-free 

(‘‘IF’’)) steels, high strength low alloy 

(‘‘HSLA’’) steels, and the substrate for 

motor lamination steels. IF steels are 

recognized as low carbon steels with 

micro-alloying levels of elements such 

as titanium and/or niobium added to 

stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. 

HSLA steels are recognized as steels 

with micro-alloying levels of elements 

such as chromium, copper, niobium, 

titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. 

The substrate for motor lamination 

steels contains micro-alloying levels of 

elements such as silicon and aluminum. 

Steel products to be included in the 

scope of the order, regardless of 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) definitions, are 

products in which: (1) Iron 

predominates, by weight, over each of 

the other contained elements; (2) the 

carbon content is 2 percent or less, by 

weight; and (3) none of the elements 

listed below exceeds the quantity, by 

weight, respectively indicated: 

1.80 percent of manganese, or 

1.50 percent of silicon, or 

1.00 percent of copper, or 

0.50 percent of aluminum, or 

1.25 percent of chromium, or 

0.30 percent of cobalt, or 

0.40 percent of lead, or 

1.25 percent of nickel, or 

0.30 percent of tungsten, or 

0.012 percent of boron, or 

0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 

0.10 percent of niobium, or 

0.41 percent of titanium, or 

0.15 percent of vanadium, or 

0.15 percent of zirconium. 

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All products that meet the physical 

and chemical description provided 

above are within the scope of the order 

unless otherwise excluded. The 

following products, by way of example, 

are outside and/or specifically excluded 

from the scope of the order: 

• Alloy hot-rolled steel products in 

which at least one of the chemical 

elements exceeds those listed above 

(including e.g., ASTM specifications 

A543, A387, A514, A517, and A506). 

• SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and 

higher. 

• Ball bearing steels, as defined in the 

HTSUS. 

• Tool steels, as defined in the 

HTSUS. 

• Silico-manganese (as defined in the 

HTSUS) or silicon electrical steel with 

a silicon level exceeding 1.50 percent. 

• ASTM specifications A710 and 

A736. 

• USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS 

AR 400, USS AR 500). 

• Hot-rolled steel coil which meets 

the following chemical, physical and 

mechanical specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni 

0.10–0.14% 0.90% Max 0.025% Max 0.005% Max 0.30–0.50% 0.50–0.70% 0.20–0.40% 0.20% Max 

Note: Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.063–0.198 inches; Yield Strength = 50,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 70,000– 

88,000 psi. 

• Hot-rolled steel coil which meets 

the following chemical, physical and 

mechanical specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni Mo 

0.10–0.16% 0.70–0.90% 0.025% Max 0.006% Max 0.30–0.50% 0.50–0.70% 0.25% Max 0.20% Max 0.21% Max 

Note: Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 

psi Aim. 

• Hot-rolled steel coil which meets 

the following chemical, physical and 

mechanical specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni V(wt.) Cb 

0.10–0.14% 1.30–1.80% 0.025% Max 0.005% Max 0.30–0.50% 0.50–0.70% 0.20–0.40% 0.20% Max 0.10% Max 0.08% Max 

Note: Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim. 

• Hot-rolled steel coil which meets 

the following chemical, physical and 

mechanical specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni Nb Ca Al 

0.15% Max 1.40% Max 0.025% Max 0.010% Max 0.50% Max 1.00% Max 0.50% Max 0.20% Max 0.005% Max Treated 0.01–0.07% 

Width = 39.37 inches; Thickness = 0.181 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 70,000 psi minimum for thicknesses ≤0.148 inches and 65,000 psi minimum for 

thicknesses >0.148 inches; Tensile Strength = 80,000 psi minimum. 

• Hot-rolled dual phase steel, phasehardened, primarily with a ferriticmartensitic microstructure, contains 0.9 

percent up to and including 1.5 percent 

silicon by weight, further characterized 

by either (i) tensile strength between 

540 N/mm2 and 640 N/mm2 and an 

elongation percentage ≥ 26 percent for 

thicknesses of 2 mm and above, or (ii) 

a tensile strength between 590 N/mm2

and 690 N/mm2 and an elongation 

percentage ≥ 25 percent for thicknesses 

of 2mm and above. 

• Hot-rolled bearing quality steel, 

SAE grade 1050, in coils, with an 

inclusion rating of 1.0 maximum per 

ASTM E 45, Method A, with excellent 

surface quality and chemistry 

restrictions as follows: 0.012 percent 

maximum phosphorus, 0.015 percent 

maximum sulfur, and 0.20 percent 

maximum residuals including 0.15 

percent maximum chromium. 

• Grade ASTM A570–50 hot-rolled 

steel sheet in coils or cut lengths, width 

of 74 inches (nominal, within ASTM 

tolerances), thickness of 11 gauge (0.119 

inch nominal), mill edge and skin 

passed, with a minimum copper content 

of 0.20%. 

The merchandise subject to the order 

is classified in the HTSUS at 

subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 

7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 

7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 

7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 

7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 

7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 

7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 

7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 

7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 

7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 

7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 

7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 

7208.90.00.00, 7210.70.30.00, 

7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 

7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 

7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00, 

7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 

7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, 

7211.19.75.90, 7212.40.10.00, 

7212.40.50.00, 7212.50.00.00. 

Certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbonquality steel covered by the order, 

including: Vacuum degassed, fully 

stabilized; high strength low alloy; and 

the substrate for motor lamination steel 

may also enter under the following tariff 

numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 

7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 

7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 

7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 

7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 

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7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 

7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 

7226.99.00.00. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise 

covered by the order is dispositive. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in this review are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum (Decision Memorandum) 

from Susan H. Kuhbach, Acting Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Import Administration, 

dated concurrently with this notice, 

which is hereby adopted by this notice. 

Parties can find a complete discussion 

of all issues raised in this review and 

the corresponding recommendation in 

this public memorandum which is on 

file in the Central Records Unit, Room 

7046 of the main Commerce building. In 

addition, a complete version of the 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly on the Internet at http:// 

ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and 

electronic version of the Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Final Results of Review 

The Department determines that 

revocation of the CVD order would 

likely lead to continuation or recurrence 

of a countervailable subsidy. The net 

countervailable subsidy likely to prevail 

if the order were revoked is zero percent 

for USIMINAS/COSIPA, CSN, and all 

other companies. 

This notice also serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective orders (APO) 

of their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Timely notification of the return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective orders 

is hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

We are issuing and publishing the 

results and notice in accordance with 

sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act. 

Dated: November 29, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Advisory Committee on Earthquake 

Hazards Reduction Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR 

or Committee), will hold a meeting via 

conference call on Tuesday, December 

21, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The 

primary purpose of this meeting is to 

develop recommendations for public 

release on the upcoming New Madrid 

Bicentennial events. Interested members 

of the public will be able to participate 

in the meeting from remote locations by 

calling into a central phone number. 

DATES: The ACEHR will hold a meeting 

via conference call on Tuesday, 

December 21, 2010, from 1 p.m. until 

3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). 

The meeting will be open to the public. 

Interested parties may participate in the 

meeting from their remote location. 

ADDRESSES: Questions regarding the 

meeting should be sent to National 

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program 

Director, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8604. For instructions on how to 

participate in the meeting, please see 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Jack Hayes, National Earthquake 

Hazards Reduction Program Director, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8604. Dr. Hayes’ e-mail address 

is jack.hayes@nist.gov and his phone 

number is (301) 975–5640. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Section 103 of the NEHRP 

Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 

108–360). The Committee is composed 

of 15 members appointed by the 

Director of NIST, who were selected for 

their technical expertise and experience, 

established records of distinguished 

professional service, and their 

knowledge of issues affecting the 

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 

Program. In addition, the Chairperson of 

the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 

Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory 

Committee (SESAC) serves in an exofficio capacity on the Committee. The 

Committee assesses: 

• Trends and developments in the 

science and engineering of earthquake 

hazards reduction; 

• The effectiveness of NEHRP in 

performing its statutory activities 

(improved design and construction 

methods and practices; land use 

controls and redevelopment; prediction 

techniques and early-warning systems; 

coordinated emergency preparedness 

plans; and public education and 

involvement programs); 

• Any need to revise NEHRP; and 

• The management, coordination, 

implementation, and activities of 

NEHRP. 

Background information on NEHRP 

and the Advisory Committee is available 

at http://nehrp.gov/. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app., notice is 

hereby given that the Advisory 

Committee on Earthquake Hazards 

Reduction (ACEHR) will hold a meeting 

via conference call on Tuesday, 

December 21, 2010, from 1 p.m. until 

3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). 

There will be no central meeting 

location. The public is invited to 

participate in the meeting by calling in 

from remote locations. The primary 

purpose of this meeting is to develop 

recommendations for public release on 

the upcoming New Madrid Bicentennial 

events. 

Members of the public who would 

like to listen to the meeting are required 

to register by close of business Tuesday, 

December 14, 2010. Please submit your 

name, time of participation, e-mail 

address, and phone number to Michelle 

Harman. At the time of registration, 

participants will be provided with 

detailed instructions on how to dial in 

from a remote location in order to 

participate. Michelle Harman’s e-mail 

address is michelle.harman@nist.gov, 

and her phone number is (301) 975– 

5324. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs are invited to 

request detailed instructions on how to 

dial in from a remote location to 

participate in the meeting. 

Approximately fifteen minutes will be 

reserved from 3:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) for public 

comments; speaking times will be 

assigned on a first-come, first-serve 

basis. The amount of time per speaker 

will be determined by the number of 

requests received, but is likely to be 

about 3 minutes each. Questions from 

the public will not be considered during 

this period. Speakers who wish to 

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