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

10See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 

1See Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 83 FR 8047 (February 23, 2018) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Cast 

Iron Soil Pipe from the People’s Republic of China: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determination, 83 FR 

15129 (April 9, 2018). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination: 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Cast Iron Soil 

Pipe from the People’s Republic of China,’’ 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). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

the hearing will be limited to those 

raised in the respective case and 

rebuttal briefs. 

Commerce will issue the final results 

of this administrative review, including 

the results of its analysis of the issues 

raised in any written briefs, not later 

than 120 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, pursuant to 

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

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuance of the final results, 

Commerce will determine, and CBP 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries. Commerce intends 

to issue assessment instructions to CBP 

15 days after the date of publication of 

the final results of review. 

For any individually examined 

respondent whose weighted average 

dumping margin is above de minimis 

(i.e., 0.50 percent) in the final results of 

this review, Commerce will calculate 

importer-specific assessment rates on 

the basis of the ratio of the total amount 

of dumping calculated for the importer’s 

examined sales to the total entered 

value of sales, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer- 

(or customer-) specific ad valorem rate 

is greater than de minimis, Commerce 

will instruct CBP to collect the 

appropriate duties at the time of 

liquidation.9 Where either a 

respondent’s weighted average dumping 

margin is zero or de minimis, or an 

importer- (or customer-) specific ad 

valorem is zero or de minimis, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate 

appropriate entries without regard to 

antidumping duties.10

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review for all shipments 

of the subject merchandise from China 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date, as provided by section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Baosteel, 

Shanghai Meishan Iron & Steel, and 

Union Steel China, which did not 

qualify for separate rate, the cash 

deposit rate will be China-wide rate of 

90.83 percent; (2) for previously 

investigated or reviewed China and nonChina exporters not listed above that 

have separate rates, the cash deposit rate 

will continue to be the exporter-specific 

rate published for the most recent 

period; (3) for all China exporters of 

subject merchandise which have not 

been found to be entitled to a separate 

rate, the cash deposit rate will be Chinawide rate of 90.83 percent; and (4) for 

all non-China exporters of subject 

merchandise which have not received 

their own rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be the rate applicable to China 

exporter(s) that supplied that non-China 

exporter. These deposit requirements, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary 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. 

Commerce is issuing and publishing 

these results in accordance with 

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

Act. 

Dated: June 25, 2018. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–080] 

Cast Iron Soil Pipe From the People’s 

Republic of China: 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 

cast iron soil pipe (soil pipe) from the 

People’s Republic of China (China). The 

period of investigation is January 1, 

2017, through December 31, 2017. 

DATES: Applicable July 2, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Omar Qureshi or Annathea Cook, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–5307 or (202) 482–0250, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on February 23, 2018.1 On April 9, 

2018, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation and the revised deadline is 

now June 25, 2018.2 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, and is available to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

room B8024 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. 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 product covered by this 

investigation is soil pipe from China. 

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 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).5 No interested 

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6See 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. 

7See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

8See the petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Cast Iron Soil Pipe 

from the People’s Republic of China: Request to 

Align Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated June 12, 

2018. 

9As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found Yuncheng 

Jiangxian Economic Development Zone HengTong 

Casting Co. Ltd. to be cross-owned with Quwo 

Hengtong Casting Limited Company. 

10See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. 

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.6

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.7 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 countervailing duty (CVD) 

determination in this investigation with 

the final determination in the 

companion antidumping duty (AD) 

investigation of soil pipe from China 

based on a request made by the 

petitioner.8 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 

November 7, 2018, 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. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated countervailable subsidy rate 

for Yuncheng Jiangxian Economic 

Development Zone HengTong Casting 

Co. Ltd. (HengTong), 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, the 

estimated weighted-average rate 

calculated for HengTong is the rate 

assigned 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) 

Kingway Pipe Co., Ltd .......... 111.20 

Yuncheng Jiangxian Economic Development Zone 

HengTong Casting Co. 

Ltd 9 ................................... 13.11 

All-Others .............................. 13.11 

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 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than five days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.10

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 the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, 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 determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine before the later of 120 

days after the date of this preliminary 

determination or 45 days after the 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: June 25, 2018. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is cast iron soil pipe, whether 

finished or unfinished, regardless of industry 

or proprietary specifications, and regardless 

of wall thickness, length, diameter, surface 


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finish, end finish, or stenciling. The scope of 

this investigation includes, but is not limited 

to, both hubless and hub and spigot cast iron 

soil pipe. Cast iron soil pipe is nonmalleable 

iron pipe of various designs and sizes. Cast 

iron soil pipe is generally distinguished from 

other types of nonmalleable cast iron pipe by 

the manner in which it is connected to cast 

iron soil pipe fittings. 

Cast iron soil pipe is classified into two 

major types—hubless and hub and spigot. 

Hubless cast iron soil pipe is manufactured 

without a hub, generally in compliance with 

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI) 

specification 301 and/or American Society 

for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

specification A888, including any revisions 

to those specifications. Hub and spigot pipe 

has one or more hubs into which the spigot 

(plain end) of a fitting is inserted. All pipe 

meeting the physical description set forth 

above is covered by the scope of this 

investigation, whether or not produced 

according to a particular standard. 

The subject imports are currently classified 

in subheading 7303.00.0030 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS): Cast iron soil pipe. The 

HTSUS subheading and specifications are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only; the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. New Subsidy Allegations 

V. Alignment 

VI. Injury Test 

VII. Application of the CVD Law to Imports 

From the China 

VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

IX. Subsidies Valuation 

X. Benchmarks 

XI. Analysis of Programs 

XII. Calculation of All-Others Rate 

XIII. ITC Notification 

XIV. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG319 

Marine Mammals; File Nos. 22292 and 

22294 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Icon Films, 3rd Floor College House, 

32–36 College Green, Bristol, BS1 5SP, 

United Kingdom (Responsible Party: 

Laura Marshall) (File No. 22292), and 

Plimsoll Productions, Whiteladies 

House, 51–55 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, 

Bristol, BS8 2LY, United Kingdom 

(Responsible Party: Bill Markham) (File 

No. 22294) have applied in due form for 

permits to conduct commercial or 

educational photography on marine 

mammals. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

August 1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: These documents are 

available upon written request or by 

appointment in the Permits and 

Conservation Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13705, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427– 

8401; fax (301) 713–0376. 

Written comments on these 

applications should be submitted to the 

Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, at the address listed above. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email 

to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Please include the File No. in the 

subject line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division at the address listed above. The 

request should set forth the specific 

reasons why a hearing on these 

applications would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hubard or Sara Young, (301) 427– 

8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permits are requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

Icon Films (File No. 22292) proposes 

to film killer whales (Orcinus orca) and 

harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in the 

waters off Seward, AK. Filmmakers may 

approach up to 100 killer whales to film 

from boats, pole cameras, or an 

unmanned aircraft system. Fifty harbor 

seals may be approached and filmed 

from a boat. The goal of the project is 

to obtain footage of killer whales feeding 

on Chinook salmon for use in a 

documentary television show to air on 

Animal Planet in 2019. The permit 

would be valid until August 30, 2018. 

Plimsoll Productions (File No. 22294) 

proposes to film bottlenose dolphins 

(Tursiops truncatus) in and around 

Indian River Lagoon, the Banana River, 

and Mosquito Lagoon, FL. Filming 

would occur after sunset, from 

approximately 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. over 14 

days in August and September 2018. 

Specialized cameras onboard a boat, 

attached to poles for underwater 

filming, and on an unmanned aircraft 

system would be used to film dolphins 

swimming through bioluminescence. 

Up to 84 dolphins may be harassed 

during filming. The footage would be 

used in a wildlife documentary series 

about unique animal behaviors and 

adaptations to living in the dark. The 

permit would be valid until October 1, 

2018. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activities proposed are categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

applications to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: June 26, 2018. 

Julia Marie Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG271 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Exempted 

Fishing Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of an 

application for exempted fishing permit; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt 

of an application for an exempted 

fishing permit (EFP) from the Florida 

Fish and Wildlife Conservation 

Commission (FWC). If granted, the EFP 

would authorize the deployment of 

modified wire spiny lobster traps in the 

Federal waters of the South Atlantic. 

The project would seek to determine the 

effectiveness of these traps, as 

applicable, for attracting and collecting 

invasive lionfish while avoiding 

impacts to non-target species, protected 

species, and habitats. 


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