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14See APO and Final Service Rule. 

15See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, 

and Strip from India: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2017–2018, 85 FR 

14883, 14884 (March 16, 2020), as amended by 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip 

from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2017–2018; Correction, 88 

FR 87751 (December 19, 2023). 

1See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Scope Ruling on 

Malaysian Processed Quartz Slab and Recission of 

the Circumvention Inquiry, 87 FR 64009, 64010 

(October 21, 2022) (Malaysia Processed Final Scope 

Ruling). 

2 Id. 

3See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 42693 (July 3, 2023). 

4See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

62322 (September 11, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

5See Malaysian Processed Final Scope Ruling, 87 

FR at 64010. 

6See 19 CFR 351.213(e)(1)–(2), which provides 

that ‘‘{w}hile AD/CVD reviews normally are limited 

to 12 months or the calendar year, Commerce has 

the discretion to determine the period under 

review.’’ 

decision memorandum that will 

accompany the final results in this CCR. 

We request that interested parties 

include footnotes for relevant citations 

in the executive summary of each issue. 

Note that Commerce has amended 

certain of its requirements pertaining to 

the service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).14

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, filed electronically via 

ACCESS, within 30 days of publication 

of this notice. Requests should contain 

the following information: (1) the 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number; (2) the number of participants; 

and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. 

If a request for a hearing is made, 

Commerce will inform parties of the 

time and date for the hearing. 

Final Results of Review 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), 

we intend to issue the final results of 

this CCR no later than 270 days after the 

date on which this review was initiated. 

If we continue to find that Garware HiTech is the successor-in-interest to 

Garware Polyester, we will assign 

Garware Hi-Tech the cash deposit rate 

currently assigned to Garware Polyester 

(i.e., 4.45 percent).15

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

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

Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: February 20, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Successor-in-Interest Determination 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–084, C–570–085] 

Certain Quartz Surface Products From 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Expansion of the Period of Review and 

Supplemental Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is expanding the 

period of review (POR) for the current 

antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

administrative reviews of certain quartz 

surface products (quartz surface 

products) from the People’s Republic of 

China (China) to include entries 

suspended by the final scope ruling on 

Malaysian processed quartz slab prior to 

the current POR of the instant reviews. 

Additionally, Commerce is providing a 

supplemental opportunity for interested 

parties to request a review of certain 

companies currently ineligible for the 

scope certification process with 

suspended entries during the expanded 

POR solely for the purposes of 

examining their certification status. 

DATES: Supplemental requests for 

review must be submitted no later than 

March 11, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay 

K. Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

IX, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–0208. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 21, 2022, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

final scope ruling on Malaysian 

processed quartz slab, finding that 

imports of quartz slab manufactured in 

China and processed in Malaysia are 

covered by the AD and CVD orders on 

quartz surface products from China.1 As 

part of this determination, Commerce 

implemented a certification requirement 

for all imports of quartz surface 

products from Malaysia, effective 

November 4, 2021, and also directed 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to suspend liquidation and 

require cash deposit for entries subject 

to the scope inquiry retroactive to this 

same date.2

On July 3, 2023, Commerce notified 

interested parties of the opportunity to 

request administrative reviews of the 

AD and CVD orders on quartz surface 

products from China for the periods: (1) 

July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023 for 

the AD administrative review; and (2) 

January 1, 2022, through December 31, 

2022 for the CVD administrative 

review.3 On September 11, 2023, 

Commerce initiated administrative 

reviews of the AD and CVD orders on 

quartz surface products from China for 

these periods.4

Expanding the PORs of the AD and CVD 

Administrative Reviews 

As noted above, in the Malaysia 

Processed Final Scope Ruling published 

on October 21, 2022, Commerce 

imposed a certification requirement and 

also directed CBP to suspend 

liquidation and require cash deposit for 

entries subject to the inquiry effective 

November 4, 2021.5 Therefore, 

consistent with 19 CFR 351.213(e)(1)– 

(2),6 to ensure that Commerce is 

examining all suspended entries which 

were not previously under review, we 

are expanding the ongoing AD and CVD 

administrative reviews to cover the 

following periods: (1) November 1, 

2021, through June 30, 2023 for the AD 

administrative review; and (2) 

November 1, 2021, through December 

31, 2022 for the CVD administrative 

review. 

Supplemental Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review 

In the Malaysia Processed Final Scope 

Ruling, we determined that the 

following companies were ineligible 

from participating in the scope 

certification process because they did 

not fully participate in the proceeding: 

Bada Industries SDN BHD (Bada 

Industries); Ever Stone World SDN BHD 

(Ever Stone); Karina Stone; MSI 

Building Supply SDN (MSI); Principal 

Safwa (M) SDN (Principal Safwa); 

Resstone Manufacturing (Resstone); 


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7See Initiation Notice, 88 FR 62322. 

8See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011). 

9See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

SCLM Services SDN BHD (SCLM); 

Unique Stone SDN BHD (Unique Stone); 

and Universal Quartz. We are 

conducting the ongoing AD and CVD 

administrative reviews to reconsider the 

eligibility of Bada Industries, Karina 

Stone, and Universal Quartz from the 

certification process.7

With this notice, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.213(b), we are affording 

interested parties, as defined by section 

771(9) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, with a supplemental 

opportunity to request in writing that 

the Secretary conduct an administrative 

review to review the certification 

eligibility of any of the following 

companies: Ever Stone; MSI; Principal 

Safwa; Resstone; SCLM; and Unique 

Stone. For both the AD and CVD 

administrative reviews, the requestor 

must specify for which of these 

companies it is requesting a review. 

The deadline for parties to file a 

request for review of the certification 

status of these entities is not later than 

14 days from the date of publication of 

this notice. If interested parties submit 

a request for review of any of these 

companies, Commerce’s review will be 

limited to the company’s eligibility to 

participate in the certification process. 

Moreover, Commerce will only include 

those companies in the AD and CVD 

administrative reviews which have 

suspended entries of subject 

merchandise during the expanded PORs 

(i.e., November 1, 2021, through June 

30, 2023 for the AD administrative 

review; and November 1, 2021, through 

December 31, 2022 for the CVD 

administrative review). 

All review requests must be filed 

electronically in Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS) at 

https://access.trade.gov.8 Further, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(l)(i), 

a copy of each request must be served 

on the petitioner and each exporter or 

producer specified in the request. Note 

that Commerce has amended certain of 

its requirements pertaining to the 

service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).9

Commerce intends to publish in the 

Federal Register a supplementary 

initiation notice for all timely filed 

review requests which satisfy the 

requirements noted above. 

Continued Suspension of Liquidation 

Commerce previously issued 

instructions to CBP directing the 

assessment of antidumping or 

countervailing duties on entries not 

currently under review at a rate equal to 

the cash deposit of estimated 

antidumping or countervailing duties 

required on those entries at the time of 

entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, 

for consumption. In the event that 

Commerce receives additional review 

requests for the companies listed above, 

Commerce intends to amend these 

instructions to direct CBP to continue to 

suspend liquidation of any unliquidated 

entries made by companies 

subsequently under review until the 

completion of these administrative 

reviews. 

Dated: February 20, 2024. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD711] 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Geophysical Surveys 

Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the 

Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of Letter of 

Authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, its implementing 

regulations, and NMFS’ MMPA 

Regulations for Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Geophysical 

Surveys Related to Oil and Gas 

Activities in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), 

notification is hereby given that a Letter 

of Authorization (LOA) has been issued 

to LLOG Exploration Company (LLOG) 

for the take of marine mammals 

incidental to geophysical survey activity 

in the GOM. 

DATES: The LOA is effective from March 

1, 2024 through April 19, 2026. 

ADDRESSES: The LOA, LOA request, and 

supporting documentation are available 

online at: https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/action/incidental-takeauthorization-oil-and-gas-industrygeophysical-survey-activity-gulf-mexico. 

In case of problems accessing these 

documents, please call the contact listed 

below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jenna Harlacher, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct 

the Secretary of Commerce to allow, 

upon request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by U.S. citizens who 

engage in a specified activity (other than 

commercial fishing) within a specified 

geographical region if certain findings 

are made and either regulations are 

issued or, if the taking is limited to 

harassment, a notice of a proposed 

authorization is provided to the public 

for review. 

An authorization for incidental 

takings shall be granted if NMFS finds 

that the taking will have a negligible 

impact on the species or stock(s), will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on the availability of the species or 

stock(s) for subsistence uses (where 

relevant), and if the permissible 

methods of taking and requirements 

pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring 

and reporting of such takings are set 

forth. NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible 

impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact 

resulting from the specified activity that 

cannot be reasonably expected to, and is 

not reasonably likely to, adversely affect 

the species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival. 

Except with respect to certain 

activities not pertinent here, the MMPA 

defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: any act of 

pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i) 

has the potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has 

the potential to disturb a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild by causing disruption of behavioral 

patterns, including, but not limited to, 

migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, 

feeding, or sheltering (Level B 

harassment). 

On January 19, 2021, we issued a final 

rule with regulations to govern the 

unintentional taking of marine 

mammals incidental to geophysical 

survey activities conducted by oil and 

gas industry operators, and those 

persons authorized to conduct activities 

on their behalf (collectively ‘‘industry 


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