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1See Antidumping Duty Order; Welded Carbon 

Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products from 

Turkey, 51 FR 17784 (May 15, 1986) (Standard Pipe 

AD Order); Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of 

Korea and the Republic of Turkey: Antidumping 

Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056 (December 1, 2015) 

(Welded Line Pipe AD Order); Certain Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from India, the Republic of Korea, 

Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; 

and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 

FR 53691, 53693 (September 10, 2014) (OCTG AD 

Order); and Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the 

Republic of Turkey: Amended Final Affirmative 

Antidumping Duty Determination and 

Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 18799 (May 2, 

2019) (LDWP AD Order). 

2See Borusan Boru’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of 

Company Name Change and Request for Changed 

Circumstances Review, If Deemed Necessary: Name 

Change of Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve 

Ticaret A.S. and Borusan Mannesmann Pipe U.S.,’’ 

dated January 8, 2024 (Borusan Boru’s CCR 

Request). 

3See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe 

and Tube Products from the Republic of Turkey; 

Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Turkey; 

Certain Oil Tubular Goods From the Republic of 

Turkey; and Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the 

Republic of Turkey: Notice of Initiation of 

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty 

Changed Circumstances Reviews, 89 FR 14052 

(February 26, 2024). 

4See Borusan Boru’s Letter, ‘‘Supplemental 

Questionnaire Response,’’ dated April 30, 2024 

(Borusan Boru’s SQR). 

5 Id. 

6See Standard Pipe AD Order, 51 FR 17784; 

Welded Line Pipe AD Order, 80 FR 75056; OCTG 

AD Order, 79 FR 53691, and LDWP AD Order, 84 

FR 18799. 

Dated: September 3, 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 I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation covers all 

forms and sizes of ferrosilicon, regardless of 

grade, including ferrosilicon briquettes. 

Ferrosilicon is a ferroalloy containing by 

weight four percent or more iron, more than 

eight percent but not more than 96 percent 

silicon, three percent or less phosphorus, 30 

percent or less manganese, less than three 

percent magnesium, and 10 percent or less of 

any other element. The merchandise covered 

also includes product described as slag, if the 

product meets these specifications. 

Subject merchandise includes material 

matching the above description that has been 

finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in 

a third country, including by performing any 

grinding or any other finishing, packaging, or 

processing that would not otherwise remove 

the merchandise from the scope of the 

investigation if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the ferrosilicon. 

Ferrosilicon is currently classifiable under 

subheadings 7202.21.1000, 7202.21.5000, 

7202.21.7500, 7202.21.9000, 7202.29.0010, 

and 7202.29.0050 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

While the HTSUS numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope remains 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, In Part 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. New Subsidy Allegations 

VII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–489–501, A–489–822, A–489–816, A–489– 

833] 

Circular Welded Carbon Steel Standard 

Pipe and Tube Products From the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye; Welded Line Pipe 

From the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye; Certain 

Oil Tubular Goods From the Republic 

of Tu ̈rkiye; and Large Diameter Welded 

Pipe From the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Changed Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that Borusan Birles ̧ik Boru 

Fabrikalari Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. 

(Borusan Boru) is the successor-ininterest to Borusan Mannesmann Boru 

Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (BMB) in the 

context of the antidumping duty orders 

on circular welded carbon steel 

standard pipe and tube products 

(standard pipe), welded line pipe 

(WLP), certain oil tubular goods 

(OCTG), and large diameter welded pipe 

(LDWP) from the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye 

(Tu ̈rkiye). Interested parties are invited 

to comment on these preliminary 

results. 

DATES: Applicable September 10, 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 May 15, 1986, March 7, 1986, 

December 1, 2015, September 10, 2014, 

and May 2, 2019, respectively, 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register antidumping duty orders on 

standard pipe, WLP, OCTG, and LDWP 

from Tu ̈rkiye.1 On January 9, 2024, 

Borusan Boru requested that, pursuant 

to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), 19 CFR 

351.216, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), 

Commerce conduct expedited changed 

circumstances reviews (CCR) to 

determine that Borusan Boru is the 

successor-in-interest to BMB and 

accordingly to: (1) assign it the cash 

deposit rates currently applicable to 

BMB pursuant to THE Standard Pipe 

AD Order and Welded Line Pipe AD 

Order; and (2) continue to exclude it 

from OCTG AD Order and LDWP AD 

Order.2 On February 26, 2024, 

Commerce published the notice 

initiating these CCRs to consider 

whether Borusan Boru is the successorin-interest to BMB.3

On April 9, 2024, we issued a 

supplemental questionnaire to Borusan 

Boru, to which we received a timely 

response on April 30, 2024.4 In its 

response, Borusan Boru stated that there 

were no material changes to either the 

supplier or customer base of BMB as a 

result of BMB’s conversion to Borusan 

Boru.5 We received no comments from 

other interested parties concerning 

Borusan Boru’s request. 

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by these 

orders is standard pipe, WLP, OCTG, 

and LDWP from Tu ̈rkiye. For a complete 

description of the scope of each of these 

orders, see the appendix to this notice.6

Preliminary Results 

In these CCRs, pursuant to section 

751(b) of the Act, Commerce conducted 

a successor-in-interest analysis. In 

making a successor-in-interest 

determination, Commerce examines 

several factors, including, but not 

limited to, changes in the following: (1) 


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7See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 

from India: Initiation and Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 

83 FR 37784 (August 2, 2018) (Shrimp from India 

2018 CCR Prelim), unchanged in Certain Frozen 

Warmwater Shrimp from India: Notice of Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, 83 FR 49909 (October 3, 

2018) (Shrimp from India 2018 CCR Final). 

8See, e.g., Shrimp from India 2018 CCR 

Preliminary, 83 FR at 37784, unchanged in Shrimp 

from India 2018 CCR Final, 83 FR at 49909. 

9See, e.g., Shrimp from India 2018 CCR 

Preliminary, 83 FR at 37784, unchanged in Shrimp 

from India 2018 CCR Final, 83 FR at 49909; see also 

Notice of Final Results of Changed Circumstances 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 

Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan, 67 FR 58, 59 

(January 2, 2002); Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof 

from France: Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, 75 FR 34688, 34689 (June 

18, 2010); Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe 

from the Republic of Korea; Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 

63 FR 14679 (March 26, 1998), unchanged in 

Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea: 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, 63 FR 20572 (April 27, 

1998), in which Commerce found that a company 

which only changed its name and did not change 

its operations is a successor-in-interest to the 

company before it changed its name. 

10See Borusan Boru’s CCR Request at 5 and 

Attachment 6. 

11 Id. at 5–6. 

12See Borusan Boru’s SQR at Exhibit 12. 

13 Id. 

14 Id.; see also Borusan Boru’s CCR Request. 

15BMB was excluded from the OCTG AD Order 

and LDWP AD Order. See Certain Oil Country 

Tubular Goods From India, the Republic of Korea, 

Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; 

and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 

FR 53691, 53693 (September 10, 2014); Large 

Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Turkey: 

Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With 

Amended Final Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation; Notice of Amended Final 

Determination Pursuant to Court Decision; and 

Notice of Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order, 

in Part, 85 FR 35262, 35264 (June 9, 2020). 

16The current rate for BMB in the Standard Pipe 

AD Order 5.27 percent. See Circular Welded Carbon 

Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products from 

Turkey: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021–2022, 88 FR 85592, 

85593 (December 9, 2023). The current rate for BMB 

in the Welded Line Pipe AD Order is 0.00. See 

Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and 

the Republic of Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 

80 FR 75056, 75057 (December 1, 2015). 

17See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Final Service Rule). 

18See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

management; (2) production facilities; 

(3) supplier relationships; and (4) 

customer base.7 While no single factor 

or combination of factors will 

necessarily provide a dispositive 

indication of a successor-in-interest 

relationship, generally, Commerce will 

consider the new company to be the 

successor to the previous company if 

the new company’s resulting operation 

is not materially dissimilar to that of its 

predecessor.8 Thus, if the record 

evidence demonstrates that, with 

respect to the production and sale of the 

subject merchandise, the new company 

operates as the same business entity as 

the predecessor company, Commerce 

may assign the new company the cash 

deposit rate of its predecessor.9

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216, 

we preliminarily determine that 

Borusan Boru is the successor-ininterest to BMB, based on the analysis 

of the information BMB provided in its 

CCR request and supplemental response 

regarding the factors listed above. 

Management 

Borusan Boru stated that, in 

November 2023, following the 

termination of its partnership with 

Salzgitter Mannesmann GmbH 

(Salzgitter): (1) Borusan Mannesmann 

Boru Yatirim Holding A.S. (BMBYH) 

changed its name to BMB Holding A.S. 

(BMBH); and (2) BMBH also changed 

the name of BMB to Borusan Boru. 

According to Borusan Boru, BMBH 

continued to control the same 

percentage of Borusan Boru as it did 

before the name change and there were 

no other changes to the shareholders of 

Borusan Boru. Borusan Boru 

demonstrated that its management did 

not change as a result of the name 

change and the only change to its board 

of directors was to replace the 

Salzgitter-appointed directors.10

Production Facilities 

Borusan Boru stated there were no 

changes in the company’s production 

facilities as a result of the name change. 

According to Borusan Boru, it maintains 

the same headquarters, manufacturing 

facilities, and its production capacity is 

unchanged as a result of the name 

change.11

Supplier Relationships 

Borusan Boru stated that the major 

input in its production is hot-rolled coil 

(HRC), and it provided a list of its 2023 

HRC suppliers as compared to its 

suppliers through March 31, 2024, 

demonstrating that Borusan Boru’s 

suppliers are substantially similar to 

BMB’s.12

Customer Base 

Borusan Boru stated that there were 

no changes to its customer base after the 

name change. Borusan Boru provided a 

list of its 2023 customers as compared 

to its customers through March 31, 

2024, demonstrating that Borusan 

Boru’s customers are substantially 

similar to BMB’s.13

Thus, record evidence, as submitted 

by Borusan Boru, indicates that Borusan 

Boru operates as essentially the same 

business entity as BMB with respect to 

the subject merchandise.14 Because 

Borusan Boru demonstrated that there 

were no material changes in the 

ownership and management structure, 

production facilities, and supplier and 

customer base as a result of BMB 

changing its name to Borusan Boru, we 

preliminarily find that Borusan Boru is 

the successor-in-interest to BMB. 

We preliminarily determine that 

Borusan Boru is entitled to the same AD 

cash deposit rates as its predecessor for 

merchandise subject to the Standard 

Pipe AD Order and Welded Line Pipe 

AD Order. We also preliminarily 

determine that Borusan Boru is entitled 

to its predecessor’s exclusion from the 

OCTG AD Order and LDWP AD Order.15

Consequently, if this determination is 

unchanged in the final results, 

Commerce intends to instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

collect estimated antidumping duties 

and suspend liquidation of all 

shipments of merchandise subject to the 

standard pipe and WLP antidumping 

duty orders produced and/or exported 

by Borusan Boru and entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date of the final results in the Federal 

Register at the rate assigned to BMB.16

Further, Commerce will instruct CBP 

that Borusan Boru is entitled to its 

predecessor’s exclusions from the OCTG 

AD Order and LDWP AD Order for 

entries of subject merchandise produced 

and exported by Borusan Boru. Lastly, 

the cash deposit requirements shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Public Comment 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

to Commerce no later than 30 days after 

the date of publication of this notice. 

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in the case briefs, may be filed not later 

than five days after the date for filing 

case briefs.17 Interested parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this proceeding must submit: (1) a table 

of contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.18 All comments are 

to be filed electronically using 

Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and CVD Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. An 

electronically filed document must be 

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19See 19 CFR 351.303(b). 

20We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

21See APO and Final Service Rule, 88 FR at 

67069. 

ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the 

day it is due.19

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this review, we 

instead request that interested parties 

provide at the beginning of their briefs 

a public, executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.20 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

public executive summary of each issue 

to no more than 450 words, not 

including citations. We intend to use 

the public executive summaries as the 

basis of the comment summaries 

included in the issues and 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).21

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 

discussed. Issues raised in the hearing 

will be limited to those raised in the 

respective case briefs. An electronically 

filed hearing request must be received 

successfully in its entirety by 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice. Parties should file their case 

and rebuttal briefs on the record of each 

of the four AD CCRs related to Borusan 

Boru’s successor-in-interest request. 

Final Results 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), 

we will issue the final results of this 

CCR no later than 270 days after the 

date on which the review was initiated, 

or within 45 days if all parties agree to 

our preliminary finding. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing this notice in 

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(b) 

and 351.221(b)(1). 

Dated: September 3, 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 

The Scope of the Order on Circular Welded 

Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and Tube 

Products From the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye 

The products covered by this order are 

welded carbon steel standard pipe and tube 

products with an outside diameter of 0.375 

inch or more but not over 16 inches of any 

wall thickness, and are currently classified 

under the following Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings: 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 

7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 

7306.30.5085, and 7306.30.5090. Although 

the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise 

covered by this Order is dispositive. These 

products, commonly referred to in the 

industry as standard pipe or tube, are 

produced to various ASTM specifications, 

most notably A–120, A–53 or A–135. 

The Scope of the AD Order on Welded Line 

Pipe From the Republic of Tu ̈ rkiye 

The products covered by the order are 

circular welded carbon and alloy steel (other 

than stainless steel) pipe of a kind used for 

oil or gas pipelines (welded line pipe), not 

more than 24 inches in nominal outside 

diameter, regardless of wall thickness, length, 

surface finish, end finish, or stenciling. 

Welded line pipe is normally produced to the 

American Petroleum Institute (API) 

specification 5L, but can be produced to 

comparable foreign specifications, to 

proprietary grades, or can be non-graded 

material. All pipe meeting the physical 

description set forth above, including 

multiple-stenciled pipe with an API or 

comparable foreign specification line pipe 

stencil is covered by the scope of this order. 

The welded line pipe that is subject to the 

order is currently classifiable in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) under subheadings 

7305.11.1030, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 

7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.5000, 

7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, 

and 7306.19.5150. The subject merchandise 

may also enter in HTSUS 7305.11.1060 and 

7305.12.1060. While the HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of the order is dispositive. 

The Scope of the AD Order on OCTG From 

the Republic of Tu ̈ rkiye 

The merchandise covered by the order is 

certain OCTG, which are hollow steel 

products of circular cross-section, including 

oil well casing and tubing, of iron (other than 

cast iron) or steel (both carbon and alloy), 

whether seamless or welded, regardless of 

end finish (e.g., whether or not plain end, 

threaded, or threaded and coupled) whether 

or not conforming to American Petroleum 

Institute (API) or non-API specifications, 

whether finished (including limited service 

OCTG products) or unfinished (including 

green tubes and limited service OCTG 

products), whether or not thread protectors 

are attached. The scope of the order also 

covers OCTG coupling stock. 

Excluded from the scope of the order are: 

casing or tubing containing 10.5 percent or 

more by weight of chromium; drill pipe; 

unattached couplings; and unattached thread 

protectors. 

The merchandise subject to the order is 

currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 

item numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 

7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40, 7304.29.10.50, 

7304.29.10.60, 7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10, 

7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 7304.29.20.40, 

7304.29.20.50, 7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 

7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20, 7304.29.31.30, 

7304.29.31.40, 7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60, 

7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10, 7304.29.41.20, 

7304.29.41.30, 7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50, 

7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80, 7304.29.50.15, 

7304.29.50.30, 7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60, 

7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.61.15, 7304.29.61.30, 

7304.29.61.45, 7304.29.61.60, 7304.29.61.75, 

7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00, 7305.20.60.00, 

7305.20.80.00, 7306.29.10.30, 7306.29.10.90, 

7306.29.20.00, 7306.29.31.00, 7306.29.41.00, 

7306.29.60.10, 7306.29.60.50, 7306.29.81.10, 

and 7306.29.81.50. 

The merchandise subject to the order may 

also enter under the following HTSUS item 

numbers: 7304.39.00.24, 7304.39.00.28, 

7304.39.00.32, 7304.39.00.36, 7304.39.00.40, 

7304.39.00.44, 7304.39.00.48, 7304.39.00.52, 

7304.39.00.56, 7304.39.00.62, 7304.39.00.68, 

7304.39.00.72, 7304.39.00.76, 7304.39.00.80, 

7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, 

7304.59.80.25, 7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35, 

7304.59.80.40, 7304.59.80.45, 7304.59.80.50, 

7304.59.80.55, 7304.59.80.60, 7304.59.80.65, 

7304.59.80.70, 7304.59.80.80, 7305.31.40.00, 

7305.31.60.90, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.90, 

7306.50.50.50, and 7306.50.50.70. 

While the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description is 

dispositive. 

The Scope of the AD Order on LDWP From 

the Republic of Tu ̈ rkiye 

The merchandise covered by this order is 

welded carbon and alloy steel pipe (other 

than stainless steel pipe), more than 406.4 

mm (16 inches) in nominal outside diameter 

(large diameter welded pipe), regardless of 

wall thickness, length, surface finish, grade, 

end finish, or stenciling. Large diameter 

welded pipe may be used to transport oil, 

gas, slurry, steam, or other fluids, liquids, or 

gases. It may also be used for structural 

purposes, including, but not limited to, 

piling. Specifically, not included is large 

diameter welded pipe produced only to 

specifications of the American Water Works 

Association (AWWA) for water and sewage 

pipe. 

Large diameter welded pipe used to 

transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids is 

normally produced to the American 

Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L. 

Large diameter welded pipe may also be 


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produced to American Society for Testing 

and Materials (ASTM) standards A500, A252, 

or A53, or other relevant domestic 

specifications, grades and/or standards. Large 

diameter welded pipe can be produced to 

comparable foreign specifications, grades 

and/or standards or to proprietary 

specifications, grades and/or standards, or 

can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting 

the physical description set forth above is 

covered by the scope of this order, whether 

or not produced according to a particular 

standard. 

Subject merchandise also includes large 

diameter welded pipe that has been further 

processed in a third country, including but 

not limited to coating, painting, notching, 

beveling, cutting, punching, welding, or any 

other processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the order if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the in-scope large diameter 

welded pipe. 

Excluded from the scope are any products 

covered by the existing antidumping duty 

order on welded line pipe from Tu ̈rkiye. See 

Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea 

and the Republic of Turkey: Antidumping 

Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056 (December 1, 

2015). 

The large diameter welded pipe that is 

subject to this order is currently classifiable 

in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 

7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 7305.11.5000, 

7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 7305.12.5000, 

7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060, 7305.19.5000, 

7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 

and 7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of this order is 

dispositive. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE109] 

Taking of Threatened or Endangered 

Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Commercial Fishing Operations; 

Proposed Issuance of a Permit 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is proposing to issue a 

permit to authorize the incidental, but 

not intentional, take of specific 

Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed 

marine mammal species or stocks under 

the Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), in the Washington (WA)/ 

Oregon (OR)/California (CA) sablefish 

pot fishery. 

DATES: Comments on this action and 

supporting documents must be received 

by October 10, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the proposed permit and the 

preliminary determination supporting 

the permit, identified by NOAA–NMFS– 

2024–0087, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

1. Go to https://www.regulations.gov 

and enter NOAA–NMFS–2024–0087 in 

the Search box. 

2. Click the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, and 

complete the required fields. 

3. Enter or attach your comments. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on https://www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter N/ 

A in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). 

The preliminary determination 

supporting the permit is available on the 

internet at https://www.regulations.gov/ 

docket/NOAA-NMFS-2024-0087. Other 

supporting information is available on 

the internet including: recovery plans 

for the ESA-listed marine mammal 

species, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

national/endangered-speciesconservation/recovery-species-underendangered-species-act; 2024 MMPA 

List of Fisheries (LOF), https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-mammal-protection/listfisheries-summary-tables; the most 

recent Marine Mammal Stock 

Assessment Reports (SAR) by region, 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

national/marine-mammal-protection/ 

marine-mammal-stock-assessmentreports-region, and stock, https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-mammal-protection/marinemammal-stock-assessment-reportsspecies-stock; and Take Reduction 

Teams (TRT) and Plans, https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-mammal-protection/marinemammal-take-reduction-plans-andteams. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

Lawson, West Coast Region, (206) 526– 

4740, Dan.Lawson@noaa.gov, or Jaclyn 

Taylor, NMFS Office of Protected 

Resources, (301) 427–8402, 

Jaclyn.Taylor@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

MMPA requires NMFS to authorize the 

incidental take of ESA-listed marine 

mammals in commercial fisheries 

provided it can make the following 

determinations: (1) the incidental 

mortality and serious injury (M/SI) from 

commercial fisheries will have a 

negligible impact on the affected species 

or stocks; (2) a recovery plan for all 

affected species or stocks of threatened 

or endangered marine mammals has 

been developed or is being developed 

pursuant to the ESA; and (3) where 

required under MMPA section 118, a 

take reduction plan (TRP) has been 

developed or is being developed, a 

monitoring program is established, and 

vessels participating in the fishery are 

registered. We have made a preliminary 

determination that the Category II WA/ 

OR/CA sablefish pot fishery meets these 

three requirements and propose to issue 

a permit to the fishery to authorize the 

incidental take of ESA-listed marine 

mammal species or stocks (Central 

America/Southern Mexico-CA/OR/WA 

and Mainland Mexico-CA/OR/WA 

stocks of humpback whale) under the 

MMPA for a period of 3 years. We 

solicit public comments on the 

proposed issuance of the permit and the 

underlying preliminary determination. 

Background 

The MMPA LOF classifies each 

commercial fishery as a Category I, II, or 

III fishery based on the level of mortality 

and injury of marine mammals 

occurring incidental to each fishery as 

defined in 50 CFR 229.2. Section 

118(c)(2) of the MMPA requires fishing 

vessels that operate in Category I and II 

fisheries to register with NMFS and are 

subsequently authorized to incidentally 

take marine mammals during 

commercial fishing operations. 

However, that authorization is limited 

to those marine mammals that are not 

listed as threatened or endangered 

under the ESA. Section 118(a)(2) of the 

MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1387(a)(2), also 

requires an additional authorization at 

section 101(a)(5) of the MMPA, 16 

U.S.C. 1371, for incidental taking of 

ESA-listed marine mammals. Section 

101(a)(5)(E) of the MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 

1371, states that NMFS, as delegated by 

the Secretary of Commerce, for a period 

of up to 3 consecutive years shall allow 

the incidental, but not intentional, 

taking of marine mammal species or 

stocks designated as depleted because of 

their listing as an endangered species or 

threatened species under the ESA, 16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq., by persons using 

vessels of the United States, while 

engaging in commercial fishing 

operations, if NMFS makes certain 


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