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1See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative 

Determinations of Circumvention, 86 FR 67443 

(November 26, 2021) (Final Determinations); see 

also Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 

People’s Republic of China: Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Antidumping Duty Order, 75 FR 28551 (May 21, 

2010); and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

the People’s Republic of China: Amended Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Countervailing Duty Order, 75 FR 3203 (January 20, 

2010). 

2See Final Determinations, 86 FR 67444. 

3 Id. 

4See HLD Companies’ Letters, ‘‘Request for 

Changed Circumstances Review,’’ dated December 

23, 2021 (CCR Request), and ‘‘First Supplemental 

Questionnaire Response’’ dated January 18, 2022 

(First Supplemental Response). 

5See First Supplemental Response. 

6See HLD Companies’ Letter, ‘‘Second 

Supplemental Questionnaire Response,’’ dated 

January 24, 2022 (Second Supplemental Response). 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–943, C–570–944] 

Oil Country Tubular Goods From the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation 

and Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Changed Circumstances Reviews 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is simultaneously initiating 

and issuing the preliminary results of 

the changed circumstances reviews of 

the antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders on oil country tubular goods 

(OCTG) from the People’s Republic of 

China (China) to determine whether 

HLDS (B) Steel Sdn Bhd (HLDS (B)) and 

HLD Clark Steel Pipe Co., Inc. (HLD 

Clark) (collectively, HLD companies) are 

eligible to participate in a certification 

process because the HLD companies 

have preliminarily demonstrated that 

they can identify OCTG that they 

produced in either Brunei or the 

Philippines using non-Chinese hotrolled steel. We invite interested parties 

to comment on these preliminary 

results. 

DATES: Applicable February 14, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yang Jin Chun, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5760. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 26, 2021, Commerce 

found that imports of welded OCTG 

completed in Brunei or the Philippines 

using inputs manufactured in China are 

circumventing the antidumping and 

countervailing duty orders on OCTG 

from China.1 In the Final 

Determinations, Commerce found that 

welded OCTG ‘‘assembled or completed 

in Brunei or the Philippines using nonChinese inputs is not subject to these 

circumvention inquiries,’’ but because 

the HLD companies were ‘‘unable to 

track welded OCTG to the country of 

origin of inputs used in the production 

of welded OCTG,’’ Commerce decided 

not to ‘‘implement a certification 

process for welded OCTG already 

suspended,’’ and required ‘‘cash 

deposits on all entries of welded OCTG 

produced in either Brunei or the 

Philippines.’’ 2 However, Commerce 

indicated that ‘‘producers and/or 

exporters in Brunei or the Philippines 

may request reconsideration of our 

denial of the certification process in a 

future segment of the proceeding, i.e., a 

changed circumstances review or 

administrative review.’’ 3

On December 23, 2021, the HLD 

companies submitted changed 

circumstances review requests, in which 

they claim that they are able to identify 

and segregate welded OCTG made using 

non-Chinese hot-rolled steel by either 

HLDS (B) in Brunei or HLD Clark in the 

Philippines and then subsequently 

exported from either Brunei or the 

Philippines to the United States.4 The 

HLD companies request that Commerce 

find them eligible for certification of 

these welded OCTG as non-subject 

merchandise. In response to 

Commerce’s requests for additional 

information, the HLD companies 

submitted their supplemental responses 

on January 18, 2022,5 and January 24, 

2022.6

Scope of the Orders 

The scope of these orders consists of 

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 

orders also covers OCTG coupling stock. 

Excluded from the scope of the orders 

are casing or tubing containing 10.5 

percent or more by weight of chromium; 

drill pipe; unattached couplings; and 

unattached thread protectors. 

The merchandise covered by the 

orders 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 OCTG coupling stock covered by 

the orders 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, and 7304.59.80.80. 

The HTSUS subheadings are provided 

for convenience and customs purposes 

only; the written description of the 

scope of the orders is dispositive. 

Initiation of Changed Circumstances 

Reviews 

Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

and 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce will 

conduct a changed circumstances 

review upon receipt of a request from an 

interested party or receipt of 

information concerning an antidumping 

and/or countervailing duty order which 

shows changed circumstances sufficient 

to warrant a review of the order. In 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(d), 


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7See CCR Request at 4; see also Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determinations of 

Circumvention, 86 FR 43627, 43629 (August 10, 

2021) (signed on August 4, 2021) (Preliminary 

Determinations). 

8See CCR Request at Exhibit 2. 

9 Id. at 4. 

10 Id. at 4 and Exhibits 3 and 4 for HLD Clark and 

HLDS (B), respectively. 

11 Id. at 4–5. 

12 Id. at Exhibit 5; see also First Supplemental 

Response at 2 and Exhibit SQ1–3. Because HLDS 

(B) has not recently made any sales of OCTG, it 

alternatively provided a photo of non-OCTG pipes 

to support its assertion. See First Supplemental 

Response at 2; and Second Supplemental Response 

at 1 and Exhibit SQ2–2. 

13See CCR Request at 5 and Exhibits 6 and 7. 

14 Id. at 5 and Exhibits 8 and 9; see also First 

Supplemental Response at 1–3 and Exhibits SQ1– 

4—SQ1–10. 

15See CCR Request at 5–7 and Exhibit 10; see also 

First Supplemental Response at 1–3 and Exhibits 

SQ1–2, SQ1–4—SQ1–10; and Second Supplemental 

Response at 1 and Exhibits SQ2–1 and SQ2–3. 

Commerce finds that the HLD 

companies provided sufficient 

information to initiate the changed 

circumstances reviews. Therefore, we 

are initiating the changed circumstances 

reviews pursuant to sections 751(b)(1) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d) to 

determine whether the HLD companies 

are: (1) Able to identify welded OCTG 

produced by either HLDS (B) in Brunei 

or HLD Clark in the Philippines using 

non-Chinese hot-rolled steel and 

exported from either Brunei or the 

Philippines to the United States; and (2) 

eligible for the certification process. 

Preliminary Results of Changed 

Circumstances Reviews 

Commerce is conducting these 

changed circumstances reviews in 

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) of 

the Act. We preliminarily determine 

that, since the publication of the Final 

Determinations, the HLD companies 

have demonstrated in their changed 

circumstances review requests that they 

are able to identify and segregate 

welded OCTG produced by either HLDS 

(B) in Brunei or HLD Clark in the 

Philippines using non-Chinese hotrolled steel and exported from either 

Brunei or the Philippines to the United 

States. 

The HLD companies claim that, right 

after the Preliminary Determinations, 

they implemented ‘‘changes for 

separating hot-rolled steel of Chineseorigin from hot-rolled steel of nonChinese-origin, and finished pipes 

produced using hot-rolled steel from 

Chinese-origin and non-Chinese-origin, 

both physically and in the HLD 

Companies’ accounting records.’’ 7 To 

support these claims, the HDL 

companies provided company 

resolutions detailing the 

implementations of these changes.8

The HLD companies claim that they 

now store: (1) Chinese hot-rolled steel 

and non-Chinese hot-rolled steel 

separately in separate storage zones in 

their production facilities; and (2) 

welded OCTG produced using Chinese 

hot-rolled steel and welded OCTG 

produced using non-Chinese hot-rolled 

steel in separate storage zones in their 

production facilities.9 To support these 

assertions, the HLD companies provided 

photos of these storage zones and the 

blueprints of the production facilities 

with identification of specific storage 

zones.10

The HLD companies explain that it 

has been their business practice to mark 

OCTG with the heat number of the steel 

mill that produced the hot-rolled steel, 

in accordance with the OCTG industry’s 

traceability requirements. The HLD 

companies claim that, in addition to the 

heat number, they began to mark OCTG 

with the bill of lading number of their 

imported hot-rolled steel to enhance the 

traceability of the country of origin of 

each hot-rolled steel.11 To support these 

claims, the HLD companies provided 

photos of finished OCTG with these 

markings.12

The HLD companies claim that they 

maintain separate production records 

that track finished OCTG produced 

using Chinese hot-rolled steel and 

finished OCTG produced using nonChinese hot-rolled steel.13 The HLD 

companies claim that they each record: 

‘‘(i) the Chinese and non-Chinese hotrolled steel under separate raw material 

accounts; (ii) finished pipes produced 

using Chinese and non-Chinese hotrolled steel under separate finished 

goods accounts; and (iii) sales of pipes 

from Chinese and non-Chinese hotrolled steel under separate export sales 

accounts.’’ 14 To support these claims, 

the HLD companies provided mill 

certificate traces and accounting records 

screenshots.15

We have examined the information 

provided by the HLD companies, and 

we preliminarily find that the HLD 

companies are now able to identify and 

effectively segregate welded OCTG 

produced by either HLDS (B) in Brunei 

or HLD Clark in the Philippines using 

non-Chinese hot-rolled steel from other 

OCTG produced at their facilities. 

If these preliminary results are 

adopted in our final results of these 

changed circumstances reviews, 

effective on the publication date of our 

final results, the HLD companies and 

their importers will be eligible, where 

appropriate, to certify that welded 

OCTG produced by either HLDS (B) in 

Brunei or HLD Clark in the Philippines 

and exported from either Brunei or the 

Philippines were produced using nonChinese hot-rolled steel. OCTG entering 

the United States with such certification 

will not be subject to suspension of 

liquidation and a requirement to post 

cash deposits of estimated antidumping 

and countervailing duties. The draft 

certification language is attached as an 

appendix to this notice. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on the 

draft certification language in their case 

briefs. 

Suspension of Liquidation and 

Certification Requirements 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.225(l)(3), if the final results of these 

reviews remain unchanged from the 

preliminary results, the suspension of 

liquidation instructions will remain in 

effect until further notice. Commerce 

will direct CBP to suspend liquidation 

and to require a cash deposit of 

estimated duties on unliquidated entries 

of welded OCTGs produced (i.e., 

assembled or completed) by either 

HLDS (B) in Brunei or HLD Clark in the 

Philippines using Chinese hot-rolled 

steel and exported from either Brunei or 

the Philippines that were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

initiation of the changed circumstances 

reviews. 

Welded OCTG produced by either 

HLDS (B) in Brunei or HLD Clark in the 

Philippines using non-Chinese hotrolled steel and exported from either 

Brunei or the Philippines are not subject 

to the antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders on OCTG from China. 

However, imports of such merchandise 

are subject to certification requirements, 

and cash deposits may be required if the 

certification requirements are not 

satisfied. Accordingly, if an importer 

enters welded OCTG produced by either 

HLDS (B) in Brunei or HLD Clark in the 

Philippines and exported from either 

Brunei or the Philippines and claims 

that the welded OCTG was produced 

from non-Chinese hot-rolled steel, in 

order not to be subject to cash deposit 

requirements, the importer and exporter 

are required to meet the certification 

and documentation requirements 

described herein and in the 

certifications contained in the appendix. 

Where no certification is provided for 

an entry of welded OCTG produced by 

either HLDS (B) in Brunei or HLD Clark 

in the Philippines and exported from 

either Brunei or the Philippines to the 

United States, the antidumping and 

countervailing duty orders on OCTG 

from China apply to that entry and 

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16See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017– 

2018, 84 FR 32125, 32126 (July 5, 2019). 

17See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Court 

Decision Not in Harmony With the Amended Final 

Determination of the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 82 FR 25770 (June 5, 2017). 

18See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). (‘‘Any interested 

party . . . may submit a ‘case brief’ within . . . 30 

days after the date of publication of the preliminary 

results of {a changed circumstances} review, unless 

the Secretary alters the time limit . . . ’’) (Emphasis 

added). 

19See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary 

Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 

to COVID–19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020) 

(‘‘To provide adequate time for release of case briefs 

via ACCESS, E&C intends to schedule the due date 

for all rebuttal briefs to be 7 days after case briefs 

are filed (while these modifications remain in 

effect).’’) 20See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 21See 19 CFR 351.310(c) (‘‘Any interested party 

may request that the Secretary hold a public hearing 

on arguments to be raised in case or rebuttal briefs 

within 30 days after the date of publication of the 

. . . preliminary results of review, unless the 

Secretary alters this time limit . . .’’) (Emphasis 

added); see also 19 CFR 351.303 for general filing 

requirements. 

suspend the entry and collect cash 

deposits of estimated antidumping 

duties equal to the rate established for 

the China-wide entity, i.e., 99.14 

percent,16 and cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties equal to 

the current all-others rate, i.e., 27.08 

percent.17

For shipments and/or entry 

summaries made on or after the date of 

publication of the initiation of the 

changed circumstances reviews through 

30 days after the date of publication of 

the final results of these changed 

circumstances reviews for which 

certifications are required, importers 

and exporters should complete the 

required certification within 30 days 

after the publication of the final results 

of these changed circumstances reviews 

in the Federal Register. Accordingly, 

where appropriate, the relevant item in 

the certification should be modified to 

reflect that the certification was 

completed within the time frame 

specified above. For such entries/ 

shipments, importers and exporters 

each have the option to complete a 

blanket certification covering multiple 

entries/shipments, individual 

certifications for each entry/shipment, 

or a combination thereof. For shipments 

and/or entries made on or after 31 days 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of these changed circumstances 

reviews in the Federal Register, for 

which certifications are required, 

importers should complete the required 

certification at or prior to the date of 

entry summary, and exporters should 

complete the required certification and 

provide it to the importer at or prior to 

the date of shipment. 

Public Comment 

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs no later than 14 days after the 

publication of this notice.18 Rebuttal 

briefs, which must be limited to issues 

raised in case briefs, may be filed not 

later than seven days after the deadline 

for filing case briefs.19 Commerce has 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information until further 

notice.20 Parties who submit case briefs 

or rebuttal briefs in these changed 

circumstances reviews are requested to 

submit with each argument: (1) A 

statement of the issue; (2) a brief 

summary of the argument; and (3) a 

table of authorities. Interested parties 

that wish to request a hearing must 

submit a written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS, within 14 days of publication 

of this notice.21 The hearing request 

should contain: (1) The party’s name, 

address, and telephone number; (2) the 

number of participants; and (3) a list of 

the issues to be discussed. Oral 

presentations at the hearing will be 

limited to issues raised in the briefs. If 

a request for a hearing is made, 

Commerce intends to hold the hearing 

at a date and time to be determined. 

Parties should confirm by telephone the 

date and time of the hearing two days 

before the scheduled date. 

All submissions, with limited 

exceptions, must be filed electronically 

using Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by no later than 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the date the document 

is due. 

Notifications to Interested Parties 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), 

we intend to issue the final results of 

these changed circumstances reviews no 

later than 270 days after the date on 

which these reviews were initiated, or 

within 45 days after the publication of 

the initiation and preliminary results if 

all parties in these changed 

circumstances reviews agree to our 

preliminary results. The final results 

will include Commerce’s analysis of 

issues raised in any written comments. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice of initiation and preliminary 

results in accordance with sections 

751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, 19 CFR 

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

Dated: February 7, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

Exporter Certification 

Special Instructions: The party that made 

the sale to the United States should fill out 

the exporter certification. Only parties that 

exported welded OCTG produced by either 

HLDS (B) Steel Sdn. Bhd. in Brunei or HLD 

Clark Steel Pipe Co., Inc. in the Philippines 

are eligible for this certification process. 

I hereby certify that: 

A. My name is {COMPANY OFFICIAL’S 

NAME} and I am an official of {NAME OF 

EXPORTING COMPANY}, located at 

{ADDRESS}; 

B. I have direct personal knowledge of the 

facts regarding the production and 

exportation of the welded oil country tubular 

goods (OCTG) identified below. ‘‘Direct 

personal knowledge’’ refers to facts the 

certifying party is expected to have in its own 

books and records. For example, an exporter 

should have direct personal knowledge of the 

producer’s identity and location. 

C. Welded OCTG produced in either 

Brunei or the Philippines and covered by this 

certification were not manufactured using 

hot-rolled steel produced in the People’s 

Republic of China (China). 

D. This certification applies to the 

following sales to {NAME OF U.S. 

CUSTOMER}, located at {ADDRESS OF U.S. 

CUSTOMER}. (repeat this block as many 

times as necessary): 

Foreign Seller’s Invoice # to U.S. Customer: 

Foreign Seller’s Invoice to U.S. Customer 

Line item #: 

Producer Name: 

Producer’s Address: 

Producer’s Invoice # to Foreign Seller: (If 

the foreign seller and the producer are the 

same party, put NA here.) 

E. The welded OCTG covered by this 

certification were shipped to {NAME OF U.S. 

PARTY TO WHOM MERCHANDISE WAS 

SHIPPED}, located at {U.S. ADDRESS TO 

WHICH MERCHANDISE WAS SHIPPED}. 

F. I understand that {NAME OF 

EXPORTING COMPANY} is required to 

maintain a copy of this certification and 

sufficient documentation supporting this 

certification (i.e., documents maintained in 

the normal course of business, or documents 

obtained by the certifying party, for example, 

mill certificates, production records, 

invoices, etc.) for the later of (1) a period of 

five years from the date of entry or (2) a 

period of three years after the conclusion of 

any litigation in the United States courts 

regarding such entries. 

G. I understand that {NAME OF 

EXPORTING COMPANY} must provide a 

copy of this Exporter Certification to the U.S. 

importer by the date of shipment. 

H. I understand that {NAME OF 

EXPORTING COMPANY} is required to 

provide a copy of this certification and 


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supporting records, upon request, to U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and/or 

the Department of Commerce (Commerce). 

I. I understand that the claims made 

herein, and the substantiating documentation 

are subject to verification by CBP and/or 

Commerce. 

J. I understand that failure to maintain the 

required certification and/or failure to 

substantiate the claims made herein, and/or 

failure to allow CBP and/or Commerce to 

verify the claims made herein, may result in 

a de facto determination that all sales to 

which this certification applies are within 

the scope of the antidumping and 

countervailing duty orders on welded OCTG 

from China. I understand that such finding 

will result in: 

1. Suspension of all unliquidated entries 

(and entries for which liquidation has not 

become final) for which these requirements 

were not met; and 

2. the requirement that the importer post 

applicable antidumping and countervailing 

duty cash deposits (as appropriate) equal to 

the rates as determined by Commerce; and 

3. the revocation of {NAME OF 

EXPORTING COMPANY}’s privilege to 

certify future exports of welded OCTG from 

either Brunei or the Philippines as not 

manufactured using hot-rolled steel from 

China. 

K. This certification was completed at or 

prior to the date of shipment; 

L. I am aware that U.S. law (including, but 

not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes 

criminal sanctions on individuals who 

knowingly and willfully make material false 

statements to the U.S. government. 

Signature 

NAME OF COMPANY OFFICIAL 

TITLE 

DATE 

Importer Certification 

I hereby certify that: 

A. My name is {IMPORTING COMPANY 

OFFICIAL’S NAME} and I am an official of 

{NAME OF IMPORTING COMPANY}, 

located at {ADRESS OF IMPORTING 

COMPANY}. 

B. I have direct personal knowledge of the 

facts regarding the importation into the 

Customs territory of the United States of 

welded oil country tubular goods (OCTG) 

produced in either Brunei or the Philippines 

that entered under entry summary number(s) 

identified below and are covered by this 

certification. ‘‘Direct personal knowledge’’ 

refers to facts the certifying party is expected 

to have in its own records. For example, the 

importer should have direct personal 

knowledge of the importation of the product 

(e.g., the name of the exporter) in its records. 

C. If the importer is acting on behalf of the 

first U.S. customer, complete this paragraph, 

if not put ‘‘NA’’ at the end of this paragraph: 

Welded OCTG covered by this certification 

were imported by {NAME OF IMPORTING 

COMPANY} on behalf of {NAME OF U.S. 

CUSTOMER}, located at {ADDRESS OF U.S. 

CUSTOMER}. 

D. Welded OCTG covered by this 

certification were shipped to {NAME OF 

PARTY TO WHOM MERCHANDISE WAS 

FIRST SHIPPED IN THE UNITED STATES}, 

located at {ADDRESS OF SHIPMENT}. 

E. I have personal knowledge of the facts 

regarding the production of the welded 

OCTG identified below. ‘‘Personal 

knowledge’’ includes facts obtained from 

another party, (e.g., correspondence received 

by the importer (or exporter) from the 

producer regarding the country of 

manufacture of the imported products). 

F. Welded OCTG covered by this 

certification were not manufactured using 

hot-rolled steel produced in the People’s 

Republic of China (China). 

G. This certification applies to the 

following entries (repeat this block as many 

times as necessary): 

Entry Summary #: 

Entry Summary Line Item #: Foreign Seller: 

Foreign Seller’s Address: Foreign Seller’s 

Invoice #: 

Foreign Seller’s Invoice Line Item #: 

Producer: 

Producer’s Address: 

H. I understand that {NAME OF 

IMPORTING COMPANY} is required to 

maintain a copy of this certification and 

sufficient documentation supporting this 

certification (i.e., documents maintained in 

the normal course of business, or documents 

obtained by the certifying party, for example, 

mill certificates, production records, 

invoices, etc.) for the later of (1) a period of 

five years from the date of entry, or (2) a 

period of three years after the conclusion of 

any litigation in the United States courts 

regarding such entries. 

I. I understand that {NAME OF 

IMPORTING COMPANY} is required to 

provide this certification and supporting 

records to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) and/or the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce), upon request by the 

respective agency. 

J. I understand that {NAME OF 

IMPORTING COMPANY} is required to 

maintain a copy of the exporter’s certification 

(attesting to the production and/or export of 

the imported merchandise identified above), 

and any supporting records provided by the 

exporter to the importer, for the later of (1) 

a period of five years from the date of entry 

or (2) a period of three years after the 

conclusion of any litigation in United States 

courts regarding such entries. 

K. I understand that {NAME OF 

IMPORTING COMPANY} is required, upon 

request, to provide a copy of the exporter’s 

certification and any supporting records 

provided by the exporter to the importer, to 

CBP and/or Commerce. 

L. I understand that the claims made 

herein, and the substantiating 

documentation, are subject to verification by 

CBP and/or Commerce. 

M. I understand that failure to maintain the 

required certifications, and/or failure to 

substantiate the claims made herein, and/or 

failure to allow CBP and/or Commerce to 

verify the claims made herein, may result in 

a de facto determination that all entries to 

which this certification applies are within 

the scope of the antidumping and 

countervailing duty orders on welded OCTG 

from China. I understand that such finding 

will result in: 

1. Suspension of liquidation of all 

unliquidated entries (and entries for which 

liquidation has not become final) for which 

these requirements were not met; 

2. the requirement that the importer post 

applicable antidumping and countervailing 

duty cash deposits (as appropriate) equal to 

the rates determined by Commerce; and 

3. the revocation of {NAME OF 

IMPORTING COMPANY}’s privilege to 

certify future imports of welded OCTG from 

either Brunei or the Philippines as not 

manufactured using hot-rolled steel from 

China. 

N. I understand that agents of the importer, 

such as brokers, are not permitted to make 

this certification. Where a broker or other 

party was used to facilitate the entry process, 

{NAME OF IMPORTING COMPANY} 

obtained the entry summary number and date 

of entry summary from that party. 

O. This certification was completed at or 

prior to the date of entry summary. 

P. I am aware that U.S. law (including, but 

not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes 

criminal sanctions on individuals who 

knowingly and willfully make material false 

statements to the U.S. government. 

Signature 

NAME OF COMPANY OFFICIAL 

TITLE 

DATE 

[FR Doc. 2022–03048 Filed 2–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 

Program: Proposal To Find That Texas 

Has Satisfied Conditions on Earlier 

Approval 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, and U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed finding; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

and the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) (hereafter, ‘‘the agencies’’) 

invite public comment on the agencies’ 

proposed finding that Texas has 

satisfied all conditions the agencies 

established as part of their 2003 

approval of the State’s coastal nonpoint 

pollution control program (coastal 

nonpoint program). The Coastal Zone 

Act Reauthorization Amendments 

(CZARA) directs states and territories 

with coastal zone management programs 

previously approved under Section 306 

of the Coastal Zone Management Act to 


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