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Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews and Request for Revocation in 

Part (71 FR 68535). The preliminary 

results of this review are currently due 

no later than July 3, 2007. 

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary 

Results 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), 

requires the Department to make a 

preliminary determination within 245 

days after the last day of the anniversary 

month of an order or finding for which 

a review is requested. Section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act further states that 

if it is not practicable to complete the 

review within the time period specified, 

the administering authority may extend 

the 245-day period to issue its 

preliminary results by up to 120 days. 

We determine that completion of the 

preliminary results of this review within 

the 245-day period is not practicable for 

the following reasons. There have been 

significant changes in the ownership 

and operating structure of Hylsa from 

the previous review period. To conduct 

the sales and cost analyses of Hylsa 

requires the Department to gather and 

analyze a significant amount of 

information pertaining to Hylsa’s 

modified sales practices, manufacturing 

costs and corporate relationships. Given 

the number and complexity of issues in 

this case, and in accordance with 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we are 

extending the time period for issuing 

the preliminary results of review to 365 

days. Therefore, the preliminary results 

are now due no later than October 31, 

2007. The final results continue to be 

due 120 days after publication of the 

preliminary results. 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2). 

Dated: May 11, 2007. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

(A–549–817) 

Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 

Products from Thailand: Final Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Partial Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘the Department’’) has conducted an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain hot–

rolled carbon steel flat products from 

Thailand produced and/or exported by 

Nakornthai Strip Mill Public Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘NSM’’) and G Steel Public Company 

Limited (‘‘G Steel’’). The period of 

review (‘‘POR’’) is November 1, 2004, 

through October 31, 2005. Based on our 

analysis of comments received, we have 

made certain clerical error corrections 

for these final results which change the 

margin. The final results are listed 

below in the ‘‘Final Results of Review’’

section. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 17, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Bailey or Angelica Mendoza, 

Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 

20230; telephone: (202) 482–0193 and 

(202) 482–3019, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 8, 2006, the Department 

published the preliminary results and 

partial rescission of its administrative 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat 

products (‘‘hot–rolled steel’’) from 

Thailand. See Certain Hot–Rolled 

Carbon Steel Flat Products From 

Thailand; Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Rescission in Part, 71 FR 

65458 (November 8, 2006) (Preliminary 

Results). 

We invited parties to comment on our 

Preliminary Results. We received case 

briefs from respondent NSM, United 

States Steel Corporation (‘‘petitioner’’), 

and a domestic interested party, Nucor 

Corporation (‘‘Nucor’’), on January 8, 

2007. We received rebuttal briefs from 

NSM, petitioner and Nucor on January 

16, 2007. No public hearing was held. 

Additionally, on November 8, and 

November 13, 2006, the Department 

issued supplemental questionnaires: 

one regarding possible affiliation 

between NSM and Siam Cement Group 

(‘‘Siam’’) and one requesting certain 

additional cost information. NSM 

provided responses to these 

supplemental questionnaires on 

November 17, and November 21, 2006, 

respectively. 

Because the Department determined 

that it was not practicable to complete 

the final results of this review within 

the original time period, the Department 

extended the time limit for completion 

of the final results of this administrative 

review in accordance with section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (‘‘the Act’’). See Certain Hot– 

Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from 

Thailand: Extension of Time Limit for 

the Final Results of the Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 9515 

(March 2, 2007). 

Partial Rescission 

In our Preliminary Results, we 

announced our preliminary decision to 

rescind the review with respect to G 

Steel because this company had no 

entries of hot–rolled steel from Thailand 

during the POR. See Preliminary 

Results. We have received no new 

information contradicting this decision. 

Therefore, we are rescinding the 

administrative review with respect to G 

Steel. 

Scope of the Antidumping Duty Review 

The products covered by this 

antidumping duty review are certain 

hot–rolled carbon steel flat 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 of less than 4.75 

mm and of a width measuring at least 

10 times the thickness. Universal mill 

plate (i.e., flat–rolled 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 4.0 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 this review. 

Specifically included within the 

scope of this review 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 or niobium 


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1A public version of the Proprietary Decision 

Memorandum is on file in the Department’s Central 

Records Unit, located at 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Room B-099. 

(also commonly referred to as 

columbium), or both, added to stabilize 

carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA 

steels are recognized as steels with 

micro–alloying levels of elements such 

as chromium, copper, niobium, 

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 this review, regardless of 

definitions in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), 

are products in which: i) iron 

predominates, by weight, over each of 

the other contained elements; ii) the 

carbon content is 2 percent or less, by 

weight; and iii) none of the elements 

listed below exceeds the quantity, by 

weight, respectively indicated: 

1.80 percent of manganese, or 

2.25 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 

0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 

0.10 percent of niobium, or 

0.15 percent of vanadium, or 

0.15 percent of zirconium. 

All products that meet the physical 

and chemical description provided 

above are within the scope of this 

review unless otherwise excluded. The 

following products, by way of example, 

are outside or specifically excluded 

from the scope of this review: 

• Alloy hot–rolled steel products in 

which at least one of the chemical 

elements exceeds those listed above 

(including, e.g., American Society for 

Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, 

A506). 

• Society of Automotive Engineers 

(SAE)/American Iron & Steel Institute 

(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 2.25 percent. 

• ASTM specifications A710 and 

A736. 

• USS abrasion–resistant steels (USS 

AR 400, USS AR 500). 

• All products (proprietary or 

otherwise) based on an alloy ASTM 

specification (sample specifications: 

ASTM A506, A507). 

• Non–rectangular shapes, not in 

coils, which are the result of having 

been processed by cutting or stamping 

and which have assumed the character 

of articles or products classified outside 

chapter 72 of the HTSUS. 

The merchandise subject to this 

review 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, 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, and 7211.19.75.90. 

Certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat 

products covered by this review, 

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, 

7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 

7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 

7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise 

may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 

7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 

7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 

7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and CBP purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise 

is dispositive. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

The Department has received case and 

rebuttal briefs from petitioner, Nucor 

and NSM. All case and rebuttal briefs 

for the final results are addressed in the 

‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review and Partial 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review of Certain Hot–

Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from 

Thailand’’ from Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import 

Administration, to David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary, Import 

Administration, dated May 7, 2007 

(Decision Memorandum), which is 

hereby adopted by this notice. 

Additionally, certain issues that contain 

proprietary information and arguments 

are addressed in the memorandum 

‘‘Proprietary Arguments from the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum for the 

Final Results of Certain Hot–Rolled 

Carbon Steel Flat Products from 

Thailand’’ from Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import 

Administration, to David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary, Import 

Administration, dated May 7, 2007 

(Proprietary Decision Memorandum), 

which is also hereby adopted by this 

notice. Attached to this notice as an 

Appendix is a list of the issues that 

petitioner, Nucor, and NSM have raised 

and to which we have responded to in 

the Decision Memorandum and 

Proprietary Decision Memorandum. 

Parties can find a complete discussion 

of all issues raised in this review and 

the corresponding recommendations in 

the Decision Memorandum, which is on 

file in the Department’s Central Records 

Unit, located at 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Room B–099. 

In addition, a complete version of the 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly on the Import Administration 

website at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ under 

the heading Federal Register Notices. 

The paper copy and electronic version 

of the Decision Memorandum are 

identical in content. Access to the 

proprietary version of the Proprietary 

Decision Memorandum is only through 

administrative protective order.1

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on our analysis of comments 

received, we made the following 

changes from the preliminary results: 

1) We recalculated comparison market 

net price and duty drawback to avoid 

double conversion; 

2) We adjusted NSM’s reported costs 

to reflect the higher of transfer price or 

market price for the scrap purchased 

from one of NSM’s affiliated suppliers 

(i.e., transactions disregarded rule); 

3) We constructed a market price for 

a particular type of scrap with no 

market price for the purpose of applying 

the major input rule under section 

773(f)(3) of the Act; 

4) We adjusted variable cost of 

manufacture to account for scrap 

purchases and losses on scrap; and 

5) We used home market net quantity 

in our analysis. 

Final Results of Review 

We determine that the following 

dumping margin exists for the period 

November 1, 2004, through October 31, 

2005: 

Manufacturer/Exporter Margin (Percent) 

NSM .............................. 8.23 


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Assessment Rates 

The Department will determine, and 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(‘‘CBP’’) shall assess, antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(1)(B) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b). The 

Department calculated importer–

specific duty assessment rates on the 

basis of the ratio of the total amount of 

antidumping duties calculated for the 

examined sales to the total entered 

value of the examined sales for that 

importer. 

The Department clarified its 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on 

May 6, 2003 (68 FR 23954). This 

clarification will apply to entries of 

subject merchandise during the period 

of review produced by companies 

included in these final results of 

reviews for which the reviewed 

companies did not know their 

merchandise was destined for the 

United States. In such instances, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 

entries at the All–Others rate if there is 

no rate for the intermediate 

company(ies) involved in the 

transaction. For a full discussion of this 

clarification, see Notice of Policy 

Concerning Assessment of Antidumping 

Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 

Antidumping duties for the rescinded 

company G Steel, shall be assessed at 

rates equal to the cash deposit of 

estimated antidumping duties required 

at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(1)(I). The Department 

intends to issue assessment instructions 

to CBP 15 days after the date of 

publication of these final results of 

review. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective upon publication of 

this notice of final results of 

administrative review all shipments of 

hot–rolled steel from Thailand entered, 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication, as provided by section 

751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit 

rates for the reviewed companies will be 

the rates indicated above; (2) for 

previously investigated companies not 

listed above, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company–specific 

rate published for the most recent 

period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 

covered in this review, or in the less–

than-fair–value (‘‘LTFV’’) investigation, 

but the manufacturer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be the rate established 

for the most recent period for the 

manufacturer of the merchandise; and 

(4) the cash deposit rate for all other 

manufacturers or exporters will 

continue to be 3.86 percent, the ‘‘all 

others’’ rate established in the LTFV 

investigation (66 FR 49622 September 

28, 2001). These deposit requirements 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification of Interested Parties 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 

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 the Secretary’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of doubled 

antidumping duties. 

This notice also serves as a 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, which continues 

to govern business proprietary 

information in this segment of the 

proceeding. 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. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results and notice in accordance 

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act. 

Dated: May 7, 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

Appendix 

List of Comments and Issues in the 

Decision Memorandum 

Comment 1: Affiliation 

Comment 2: Date of Sale 

Comment 3: Major Input Rule 

Comment 4: Depreciation Expense 

Comment 5: Commissions Offset 

Comment 6: Clerical Errors 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[XRIN: 0648–XA33] 

Western Pacific Regional Fishery 

Management Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The 95th meeting of the 

Western Pacific Regional Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) meeting will be held between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 

2007, and between 8:30 am and 5 p.m. 

on Wednesday and Thursday June 13–

14, 2007. 

DATES: The SSC will convene Tuesday, 

June 12, 2007, through Thursday June 

14, 2007(see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for the agenda). 

ADDRESSES: The SSC meeting will be 

held at the Council Office Conference 

Room, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, 

Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 522–

8220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 

telephone: (808)-522–8220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

9 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2007 

1. Introductions 

2. Approval of Draft Agenda and 

Assignment of Rapporteurs 

3. Approval of the Minutes of the 94th 

Meeting 

4. Report from the NMFS Pacific 

Science Center Director 

5. Insular Fisheries 

A. Bottomfish and Seamount 

Groundfish 

1. MHI Bottomfish (ACTION ITEM) 

a. Seasonal Closures, TACs and 

Commercial Reporting 

b. Recreational Permits and Reporting 

c. Federal Recreational Bag Limits 

2. Risk Analysis of Potential TACs 

3. Updated Analysis of HDAR Survey 

of BF Registered Vessel Owners 

4. Bottomfish education and outreach 

program 

5. Advisory Panel Recommendations 

6. Public Comment 

7. Discussion and Recommendations 

B. Precious Corals 

1. Potential for Auau Limited Entry 

Program (ACTION ITEM) 

2. Plan Team Recommendations 


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