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1See Utility Scale Wind Towers from the People’s 

Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 78 FR 

11146 (February 15, 2013); Utility Scale Wind 

Towers from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 78 

FR 11150 (February 15, 2013); and Utility Scale 

Wind Towers from the People’s Republic of China: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 78 FR 11152 (February 

15, 2013) (collectively, Orders). 

2See Utility Scale Wind Towers from China and 

Vietnam; Institution of Five-Year Reviews, 89 FR 

22445 (April 1, 2024). 

3See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 

FR 22373 (April 1, 2024). 

4See Utility Scale Wind Towers from China and 

Vietnam: Final Results of the Expedited Second 

Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 89 

FR 65585 (August 12, 2024), and accompanying 

Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM); Utility 

Scale Wind Towers from the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Results of Expedited Second Sunset 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 89 FR 

60603 (July 26, 2024), and accompanying IDM. 

5See Utility Scale Wind Towers from China and 

Vietnam, 89 FR 83702 (October 17, 2024) (ITC Final 

Determination); see also Utility Scale Wind Towers 

from China and Vietnam: Investigation Nos. 701– 

TA–486 and 731–TA–1195–1196 (Second Review), 

USITC Publication 5553 (October 2024). 

2. Status reports by working group 

chairs. 

3. Public comments and Proposals. 

Closed Session 

4. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the open meeting and 

public participation requirements found 

in Sections 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001–1014). The 

exemption is authorized by Section 

1009(d) of the FACA, which permits the 

closure of advisory committee meetings, 

or portions thereof, if the head of the 

agency to which the advisory committee 

reports determines such meetings may 

be closed to the public in accordance 

with subsection (c) of the Government 

in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)). 

In this case, the applicable provisions of 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection 

552b(c)(4), which permits closure to 

protect trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information that is privileged 

or confidential, and subsection 

552b(c)(9)(B), which permits closure to 

protect information that would be likely 

to significantly frustrate implementation 

of a proposed agency action were it to 

be disclosed prematurely. The closed 

session of the meeting will involve 

committee discussions and guidance 

regarding U.S. Government strategies 

and policies. 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Patricia Muldonian at 

PatriciaMuldonian@bis.doc.gov. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for members of the public to 

attend the open session in person. 

Reservations are not accepted. 

Special Accommodations: Individuals 

requiring special accommodations to 

access the public meeting should 

contact Ms. Muldonian no later than 

Wednesday, November 6, 2024, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

To the extent that 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 

materials to the Committee members, 

the Committee suggests that members of 

the public forward their materials prior 

to the meeting to Ms. Springer via email. 

Material submitted by the public will be 

made public and therefore should not 

contain confidential information. 

Meeting materials from the public 

session will be accessible via the 

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) 

site at https://tac.bis.doc.gov within 30- 

days after the meeting. 

The Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Administration Performing the nonexclusive functions and duties of the 

Chief Financial Officer, with the 

concurrence of the delegate of the 

General Counsel, formally determined 

on August 23, 2024, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 1009(d)), that the portion of the 

meeting dealing with pre-decisional 

changes to the Commerce Control List 

and the U.S. export control policies 

shall be exempt from the provisions 

relating to public meetings found in 5 

U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3). The 

remaining portions of the meeting will 

be open to the public. 

Meeting cancellation: If the meeting is 

cancelled, a cancellation notice will be 

posted on the TAC website at https://

tac.bis.doc.gov. 

For more information, contact Ms. 

Muldonian. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–981, A–552–814, C–570–982] 

Utility Scale Wind Towers From the 

People’s Republic of China and the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Continuation of Antidumping Duty 

Orders and Countervailing Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) order and countervailing duty 

(CVD) order on utility scale wind towers 

(wind towers) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) and the AD 

order on wind towers from the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) would 

likely lead to a continuation or 

recurrence of dumping, countervailable 

subsidies, and material injury to an 

industry in the United States, 

Commerce is publishing a notice of 

continuation of these AD and CVD 

orders. 

DATES: Applicable October 17, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Bolling (China and Vietnam AD) 

or John Conniff (China CVD), AD/CVD 

Operations, Offices IV and III, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20030; telephone: (202) 482–3434, or 

(202) 482–1009, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 15, 2013, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

AD orders on wind towers from China 

and Vietnam and the CVD order on 

wind towers from China.1 On April 1, 

2024, the ITC instituted its review of the 

Orders,2 and Commerce initiated 3 the 

second sunset review of the Orders, 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). As 

a result of its reviews, Commerce 

determined that revocation of the 

Orders would likely lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

and/or countervailable subsidies, and 

therefore, notified the ITC of the 

magnitude of the margins of dumping 

and net countervailable subsidy rates 

likely to prevail should the Orders be 

revoked.4

On October 17, 2024, the ITC 

published its determination, pursuant to 

sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, 

that revocation of the Orders would 

likely lead to continuation or recurrence 

of material injury to an industry in the 

United States within a reasonably 

foreseeable time.5

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by the 

Orders are certain wind towers, whether 

or not tapered, and sections thereof. 

Certain wind towers are designed to 

support the nacelle and rotor blades in 

a wind turbine with a minimum rated 


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electrical power generation capacity in 

excess of 100 kilowatts and with a 

minimum height of 50 meters measured 

from the base of the tower to the bottom 

of the nacelle (i.e., where the top of the 

tower and nacelle are joined) when fully 

assembled. A wind tower section 

consists of, at a minimum, multiple 

steel plates rolled into cylindrical or 

conical shapes and welded together (or 

otherwise attached) to form a steel shell, 

regardless of coating, end-finish, 

painting, treatment, or method of 

manufacture, and with or without 

flanges, doors, or internal or external 

components (e.g., flooring/decking, 

ladders, lifts, electrical buss boxes, 

electrical cabling, conduit, cable harness 

for nacelle generator, interior lighting, 

tool and storage lockers) attached to the 

wind tower section. Several wind tower 

sections are normally required to form 

a completed wind tower. 

Wind towers and sections thereof are 

included within the scope whether or 

not they are joined with non-subject 

merchandise, such as nacelles or rotor 

blades, and whether or not they have 

internal or external components 

attached to the subject merchandise. 

Specifically excluded from the scope 

are nacelles and rotor blades, regardless 

of whether they are attached to the wind 

tower. Also excluded are any internal or 

external components which are not 

attached to the wind towers or sections 

thereof. 

Merchandise covered by the Orders is 

currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff System of the United States 

(HTSUS) under subheadings 

7308.20.0020 or 8502.31.0000. Prior to 

2011, merchandise covered by the 

Orders was classified in the HTSUS 

under subheading 7308.20.0000 and 

may continue to be to some degree. 

While the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

subject merchandise is dispositive. 

Continuation of the Orders 

As a result of the determinations by 

Commerce and the ITC that revocation 

of the Orders would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of dumping, 

countervailable subsides, and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(a), 

Commerce hereby orders the 

continuation of the Orders on wind 

towers from China and Vietnam. U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection will 

continue to collect AD and CVD cash 

deposits at the rates in effect at the time 

of entry for all imports of subject 

merchandise. 

The effective date of the continuation 

of the Orders will be October 17, 2024. 

Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce 

intends to initiate the next five-year 

review of the Orders no later than 30 

days prior to the fifth anniversary of the 

date of the last determination by the 

ITC. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an APO of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return, destruction, or conversion to 

judicial protective order of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 

Timely written notification of the return 

or destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply is 

a violation of the APO which may be 

subject to sanctions. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These five-year sunset reviews and 

this notice are in accordance with 

sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act 

and published pursuant to section 

777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: October 24, 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. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE402] 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 90 South 

Atlantic Red Snapper Data Scoping 

Webinar. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 90 assessment 

process of South Atlantic red snapper 

will consist of a Data Workshop, and a 

series of assessment webinars, and a 

Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 90 Data Workshop 

will be held on November 18, 2024, 

from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The established 

times may be adjusted as necessary to 

accommodate the timely completion of 

discussion relevant to the assessment 

process. Such adjustments may result in 

the meeting being extended from or 

completed prior to the time established 

by this notice. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held via webinar. The webinar is open 

to members of the public. Registration 

for the webinar is available by 

contacting the SEDAR coordinator via 

email at Emily.Ott@safmc.net. 

SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily L. Ott, SEDAR Coordinator; (937) 

479–6171; email: Emily.Ott@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data/ 

Assessment Workshop, and (2) a series 

of webinars. The product of the Data/ 

Assessment Workshop is a report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses, and describes the fisheries, 

evaluates the status of the stock, 

estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. Participants for 

SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the 

Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast 

Regional Office, HMS Management 

Division, and Southeast Fisheries 

Science Center. Participants include 

data collectors and database managers; 

stock assessment scientists, biologists, 

and researchers; constituency 

representatives including fishermen, 

environmentalists, and NGO’s; 

International experts; and staff of 

Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The items of discussion in the SEDAR 

90 Data Scoping Webinar are as follows: 

The group will discuss available data 

streams/sources, points of contact, data 

delivery deadlines, and any known data 

issues for South Atlantic red snapper. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 


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