44566 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices 

1See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, 83 FR 32075 (July 11, 2018) 

(Final Determination). 

2See ITC Notification Letter to the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, referencing ITC Investigation Nos. 

701–TA–583 and 731–TA–1381, dated August 22, 

2018. 

Dated: August 27, 2018. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18967 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Transportation and Related Equipment 

Technical Advisory Committee; Notice 

of Partially Closed Meeting 

The Transportation and Related 

Equipment Technical Advisory 

Committee will meet on September 26, 

2018, 9:30 a.m., in the Herbert C. 

Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th 

Street between Constitution & 

Pennsylvania Avenues NW, 

Washington, DC. The Committee 

advises the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Export Administration 

with respect to technical questions that 

affect the level of export controls 

applicable to transportation and related 

equipment or technology. 

Agenda 

Public Session 

1. Welcome and Introductions. 

2. Status reports by working group 

chairs. 

3. Public comments and Proposals. 

Closed Session 

4. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the provisions relating 

to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 

app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference to 20 participants on 

a first come, first serve basis. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@

bis.doc.gov no later than September 19, 

2018. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available during the public session of 

the meeting. Reservations are not 

accepted. To the extent time permits, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements to the Committee. The public 

may submit written statements at any 

time before or after the meeting. 

However, to facilitate distribution of 

public presentation materials to 

Committee members, the Committee 

suggests that presenters forward the 

public presentation materials prior to 

the meeting to Ms. Springer via email. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on August 24, 

2018, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 § (10)(d)), that 

the portion of the meeting dealing with 

pre-decisional changes to the Commerce 

Control List and U.S. export control 

policies shall be exempt from the 

provisions relating to public meetings 

found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 

10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the 

meeting will be open to the public. 

For more information, call Yvette 

Springer at (202) 482–2813. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18939 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–063] 

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Countervailing Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing a countervailing 

duty order on cast iron soil pipe fittings 

(soil pipe fittings) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China). 

DATES: Applicable August 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis McClure or Jinny Ahn, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 

(202) 482–5973 or (202) 482–0339, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 11, 2018, Commerce 

published its final determination in the 

countervailing duty investigation of soil 

pipe fittings from China.1 On August 22, 

2018, the ITC notified Commerce of its 

final determination, pursuant to section 

705(d) of the Act, that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured 

within the meaning of section 

705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of 

subsidized imports of soil pipe fittings 

from China.2

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of this order is cast iron soil pipe 

fittings, finished and unfinished, 

regardless of industry or proprietary 

specifications, and regardless of size. 

Cast iron soil pipe fittings are 

nonmalleable iron castings of various 

designs and sizes, including, but not 

limited to, bends, tees, wyes, traps, 

drains (other than drain bodies), and 

other common or special fittings, with 

or without side inlets. 

Cast iron soil pipe fittings are 

classified into two major types—hubless 

and hub and spigot. Hubless cast iron 

soil pipe fittings are 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. Hub and 

spigot pipe fittings have hubs into 

which the spigot (plain end) of the pipe 

or fitting is inserted. Cast iron soil pipe 

fittings are generally distinguished from 

other types of nonmalleable cast iron 

fittings by the manner in which they are 

connected to cast iron soil pipe and 

other fittings. 

Excluded from this scope are all drain 

bodies. Drain bodies are normally 

classified in subheading 7326.90.86.88 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTSUS). 

The cast iron soil pipe fittings subject 

to the scope of this order are normally 

classified in subheading 7307.11.0045 of 

the HTSUS: Cast fittings of 

nonmalleable cast iron for cast iron soil 

pipe. They may also be entered under 

HTSUS 7324.29.0000 and 7307.92.3010. 

The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes 

only; the written description of the 

scope of this order is dispositive. 

Countervailing Duty Order 

On August 22, 2018, in accordance 

with section 705(d) of the Act, the ITC 

notified Commerce of its final 

determination in this investigation, in 

which it found that imports of cast iron 

soil pipe fittings are materially injuring 

a U.S. industry. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the 

Act, we are publishing this 

countervailing duty order. In its 

determination, the ITC found two 

domestic like products covered by the 

scope of the investigation: Drain bodies 

and all other soil pipe fittings. The ITC 

made a negative determination with 

respect to drain bodies and an 


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