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1See Certain Steel Wheels from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 83 FR 17794 (April 24, 2018) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Steel Wheels from the People’s 

Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 83 FR 26257 (June 6, 2018). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Steel 

Wheels 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) 

(Preamble); see also Initiation Notice. 

5See Letter from the petitioners, ‘‘Certain Steel 

Wheels from China (C–570–083)—Petitioner’s 

Request for Alignment of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation Final Determination Deadline with 

Antidumping Investigation Final Determination 

Deadline,’’ dated August 8, 2018. 

6See Steel Wheels From the People’s Republic of 

China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination 

in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 82 FR 

42110 (August 20, 2018). 

7See 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. 

8See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

Dated: August 28, 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–570–083] 

Certain Steel Wheels 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 

certain steel wheels from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) for the period 

of investigation January 1, 2017, through 

December 31, 2017. We invite interested 

parties to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable August 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chien-Min Yang or Myrna Lobo, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: 202–482–5484 or 

202–482–2371, 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 April 16, 2018.1 On June 6, 2018, 

Commerce postponed the deadline for 

the preliminary determination of the 

investigation to the full 130 days 

permitted under section 703(c)(1)(A) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2), and 

the revised deadline is now August 24, 

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 products covered by this 

investigation are certain steel wheels 

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, we set aside a 

period of time in our Initiation Notice 

for parties to raise issues regarding 

product coverage and encouraged all 

parties to submit comments within 20 

calendar days of publication of that 

notice.4 No parties commented on the 

scope of this investigation. 

Alignment 

In accordance with section 705(a)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), 

and based on the petitioners’ request,5

we are aligning the final CVD 

determination in this investigation with 

the final determination in the 

companion AD investigation of certain 

steel wheels from China. Consequently, 

the final CVD determination will be 

issued on the same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be due no later than 

January 7, 2019, unless postponed.6

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 

confers a benefit on the recipient, and 

that the subsidy is specific.7 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our preliminary conclusions, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

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.8 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination and 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

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

established rates for Xiamen Sunrise 

Wheel Group Co., Ltd. (Xiamen 

Sunrise), Xiamen Sunrise Wheel Co., 

Ltd. (Sunrise Wheel), Xiamen Sunrise 

Metal Co., Ltd. (Sunrise Metal), Xiamen 

Topu Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Topu), 

and Sichuan Sunrise Metal Industry Co., 

Ltd. (Sichuan Sunrise) (collectively, 

Xiamen Sunrise), and applied a rate 

based on adverse facts available to 

Zhejiang Jingu Company Limited and 

Shanghai Yata Industry Company 

Limited (collectively, Zhejiang Jingu). 

In accordance with sections 

705(d)(1)(A) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, 

for companies not individually 

investigated, Commerce applies an ‘‘allothers’’ rate. The all-others rate is 

normally calculated by weight averaging 

the subsidy rates of the individual 

companies selected for individual 

examination with those companies’ 

export sales of the subject merchandise 

to the United States, excluding any zero 

and de minimis rates calculated for the 


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9As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Xiamen Sunrise: 

Sunrise Wheel, Sunrise Metal, Topu, and Sichuan 

Sunrise. 

10As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, as an extension of our application of 

adverse facts available with respect to Zhejiang 

Jingu, Commerce has assigned Zhejiang Jingu’s rate 

to each of the entities named as cross-owned in its 

affiliation questionnaire response: Shanghai Yata 

Industry Company Limited; Shangdong Jingu Auto 

Parts Co., Ltd.; Chengdu Jingu Wheel Co., Ltd.; and 

An’Gang Jingu (Hangzhou) Metal Materials Co., Ltd. 

11See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

exporters and producers individually 

investigated, and any rates determined 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, the only rates 

that are not zero or de minimis or based 

entirely on the facts available is the rate 

calculated for Xiamen Sunrise. 

Consequently, we are assigning the rate 

calculated for Xiamen Sunrise as the 

‘‘all-others’’ rate. 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

Xiamen Sunrise Wheel Group 

Co., Ltd.9 ................................. 58.75 

Zhejiang Jingu Company Limited 10 ....................................... 172.51 

All-Others .................................... 58.75 

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 that were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Furthermore, 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 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.11

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. 

Parties are reminded that briefs and 

hearing requests are to be filed 

electronically using ACCESS and that 

electronically filed documents must be 

received successfully in their entirety by 

5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due 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 Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will make its final determination before 

the later of 120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after Commerce’s 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: August 24, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is certain on-the-road steel 

wheels, discs, and rims for tubeless tires, 

with a nominal rim diameter of 22.5 inches 

and 24.5 inches, regardless of width. Certain 

on-the-road steel wheels with a nominal 

wheel diameter of 22.5 inches and 24.5 

inches are generally for Class 6, 7, and 8 

commercial vehicles (as classified by the 

Federal Highway Administration Gross 

Vehicle Weight Rating system), including 

tractors, semi-trailers, dump trucks, garbage 

trucks, concrete mixers, and buses, and are 

the current standard wheel diameters for 

such applications. The standard widths of 

certain on-the-road steel wheels are 7.5 

inches, 8.25 inches, and 9.0 inches, but all 

certain on-the-road steel wheels, regardless of 

width, are covered by the scope. While 22.5 

inches and 24.5 inches are standard wheel 

sizes used by Class 6, 7, and 8 commercial 

vehicles, the scope covers sizes that may be 

adopted in the future for Class 6, 7, and 8 

commercial vehicles. 

The scope includes certain on-the-road 

steel wheels with either a ‘‘hub-piloted’’ or 

‘‘stud- piloted’’ mounting configuration, and 

includes rims and discs for such wheels, 

whether imported as an assembly or 

separately. The scope includes certain onthe-road steel wheels, discs, and rims, of 

carbon and/or alloy steel composition, 

whether cladded or not cladded, whether 

finished or not finished, and whether coated 

or uncoated. All on-the-road wheels sold in 

the United States are subject to the 

requirements of the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration and bear markings, 

such as the ‘‘DOT’’ symbol, indicating 

compliance with applicable motor vehicle 

standards. See 49 CFR 571.120. The scope 

includes certain on- the-road steel wheels 

imported with or without the required 

markings. Certain on-the-road steel wheels 

imported as an assembly with a tire mounted 

on the wheel and/or with a valve stem 

attached are included. However, if the certain 

on-the-road steel wheel is imported as an 

assembly with a tire mounted on the wheel 

and/or with a valve stem attached, the certain 

on- the-road steel wheel is covered by the 

scope, but the tire and/or valve stem is not 

covered by the scope. 

Excluded from the scope are: 

(1) Steel wheels for tube-type tires that 

require a removable side ring; 

(2) aluminum wheels; 

(3) wheels where steel represents less than 

fifty percent of the product by weight; and 

(4) steel wheels that do not meet National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

requirements, other than the rim marking 

requirements found in 49 CFR 571.120S5.2. 

Imports of the subject merchandise are 

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Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheadings: 8708.70.4530, 

8708.70.4560, 8708.70.6030, 8708.70.6060, 

8716.90.5045, and 8716.90.5059. 

Merchandise meeting the scope description 

may also enter under the following HTSUS 

subheadings: 4011.20.1015, 4011.20.5020, 

and 8708.99.4850. While HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the subject merchandise is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Alignment 

V. Respondent Selection 

VI. Injury Test 

VII. Application of the CVD Law to Imports 

from China 

VIII. Diversification of China’s Economy 

IX. Subsidies Valuation 

X. Benchmarks 

XI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

XII. Analysis of Programs 

XIII. Calculation of the All-Others Rate 

XIV. ITC Notification 

XV. Disclosure and Public Comment 

XVI. Verification 

XVII. Recommendation 

Appendix 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG443 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Groundfish Committee to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 1:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Four Points by Sheraton, 

One Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 

01880; phone: (781) 245–9300. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The committee will discuss 

Framework Adjustment 58: 

Specifications/Management Measures 

specifically draft alternatives and 

analysis including: (1) Rebuilding plan 

options for several groundfish stocks, (2) 

2019 total allowable catches for U.S./ 

Canada stocks of Eastern Georges Bank 

(GB) cod, Eastern GB haddock, and GB 

yellowtail flounder, (3) minimum size 

exemptions for vessels fishing in 

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries 

Organization waters, and (4) guidance 

on sector overages. They also plan to 

discuss Amendment 23, Groundfish 

Monitoring and receive an update on 

the development of the draft alternatives 

and analysis. The committee will review 

the Council’s Groundfish Priorities for 

2019 and discuss a draft list of possible 

groundfish priorities for 2019 and make 

recommendations to the Council. 

Review Groundfish Plan Development 

Team, Groundfish Advisory Panel, and 

Transboundary Management Guidance 

Committee recommendations and make 

recommendations to the Council. Other 

business will be discussed as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Action 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. This meeting will be 

recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 

1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: August 28, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG452 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of scoping meetings. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a series of scoping meetings 

pertaining to Amendment 47 to the 

Snapper Grouper Fishery Management 

Plan of the South Atlantic Region 

addressing modifications to the South 

Atlantic Charter/Headboat for SnapperGrouper permit. 

DATES: The series of scoping meetings 

will be held from October 1 through 

November 1, 2018. All meetings will 

begin at 6 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and 

times. 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

SAFMC; phone: (843) 571–4366 or toll 

free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769– 

4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

scoping comments are being solicited 

for measures proposed in draft 

Amendment 47 to the Snapper Grouper 

Fishery Management Plan of the South 

Atlantic Region addressing 

modifications to the federal South 

Atlantic Charter/Headboat for SnapperGrouper permit (for-hire permit). Public 

scoping occurs early in the amendment 

development process and the Council is 

soliciting input on proposed options 

that include a moratorium on for-hire 

permits, options for the start date of a 

moratorium, exceptions for eligibility, 

transferability of for-hire permits, 

options to allow new entrants, 

establishing a for-hire permits pool, 

creating multiple for-hire permit types, 

and implementing a time limit or sunset 


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