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6See Initiation Checklist, ‘‘Initiation of the 

Circumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Initiation 

Checklist). 

7See, e.g., Aluminum Extrusions from the 

People’s Republic of China: Affirmative Final 

Determination of Circumvention of the 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders and 

Rescission of Minor Alterations Anti-Circumvention 

Inquiry, 82 FR 34630 (July 26, 2017), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 4; see also Hydrofluorocarbon Blends 

from the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of 

Circumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping Duty 

Order, 88 FR 74150 (October 30, 2023); 

Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of Circumvention 

Inquiries on the Antidumping Duty Order, 88 FR 

43275 (July 7, 2023). 8See Initiation Checklist. 

1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 

15827 (March 5, 2024) (Initiation Notice); see also 

Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the People’s 

Republic of China, the Federal Republic of 

Germany, India, and Italy: Countervailing Duty 

Orders, and Amended Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination for the People’s 

Republic of China, 86 FR 7535 (January 29, 2021) 

(Order). 

2See Commerce’s Letter, ’’ Countervailing Duty 

Questionnaire,’’ dated April 10, 2024. 

including, but not limited to: (1) Overall 

physical characteristics of the 

merchandise; (2) expectations of 

ultimate users; (3) use of the 

merchandise; (4) channels of marketing; 

and (5) cost of any modification relative 

to the value of the imported products. 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.226(m)(2), for companion AD and 

CVD proceedings, ‘‘the Secretary will 

initiate and conduct a single inquiry 

with respect to the product at issue for 

both orders only on the record of the 

antidumping proceeding.’’ Further, once 

‘‘the Secretary issues a final 

circumvention determination on the 

record of the AD proceeding, the 

Secretary will include a copy of that 

determination on the record of the 

CVD.’’ Accordingly, once Commerce 

concludes this circumvention inquiry, 

Commerce intends to place its final 

circumvention determination on the 

record of the companion CVD 

proceeding. 

Analysis 

After analyzing the record evidence 

and Compass’ allegation, we determine 

that the circumvention request satisfies 

the requirements of 19 CFR 351.226(c) 

and that there is sufficient information 

to warrant initiation of a circumvention 

inquiry based on minor alterations, 

pursuant to section 781(c) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.226(j). For a full 

discussion of the basis for our decision 

to initiate a circumvention inquiry, see 

the Initiation Checklist.6

As explained in the Initiation 

Checklist, the information provided by 

Compass also warrants initiating this 

circumvention inquiry on a countrywide basis. Commerce has taken this 

approach in prior circumvention 

inquiries, where the facts warranted 

initiation on a country-wide basis.7

Respondent Selection 

Commerce intends to base respondent 

selection on U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) data. Commerce 

intends to place the CBP data on the 

record within five days of the 

publication of this initiation notice. 

Comments regarding the CBP data and 

respondent selection should be 

submitted within seven days after 

placement of the CBP data on the record 

of the inquiry. 

Commerce intends to establish a 

schedule for questionnaire responses 

after respondent selection. A company’s 

failure to completely respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information 

may result in the application of facts 

available, pursuant to section 776(a) of 

the Act, which may include adverse 

inferences, pursuant to section 776(b) of 

the Act. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.226(l)(1), 

Commerce intends to notify CBP of this 

initiation and direct CBP to continue the 

suspension of liquidation of entries of 

products subject to this circumvention 

inquiry that are already subject to the 

suspension of liquidation under the 

Orders and to apply the cash deposit 

rates that would be applicable if the 

products were determined to be covered 

by the scope of the Orders. Should 

Commerce issue affirmative preliminary 

or final circumvention determinations, 

Commerce will follow the suspension of 

liquidation rules under 19 CFR 

351.226(l)(2)–(4). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.226(d) 

and section 781(c) of the Act, Commerce 

determines that Compass’ request for a 

circumvention inquiry satisfies the 

requirements of 19 CFR 351.226(c). 

Accordingly, Commerce is notifying all 

interested parties of the initiation of this 

circumvention inquiry to determine 

whether solid or powdered acidic HEDP 

produced in, and exported from, China 

are circumventing the Orders. We have 

included a description of the products 

that are the subject to this inquiry and 

an explanation of Commerce’s decision 

to initiate this inquiry as provided in 

the accompanying Initiation Checklist.8

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.226(e)(1), Commerce intends to 

issue its preliminary circumvention 

determination no later than 150 days 

from the date of publication of the 

notice of initiation of this 

circumvention inquiry in the Federal 

Register. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with section 781(c) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.226(d)(1)(ii). 

Dated: December 13, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–428–848] 

Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From 

Germany: Preliminary Results and 

Rescission, In Part of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2023 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies were provided to BGH 

Edelstahl Siegen GmbH (BGH), a 

producer and exporter of forged steel 

fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from 

Germany. The period of review (POR) is 

January 1, 2023, through December 31, 

2023. In addition, Commerce is 

rescinding this review, in part, with 

respect to one company. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable December 19, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Accorsi or Shane Subler, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VIII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3149 or 

(202) 482–6241, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 5, 2024, based on timely 

requests for review, Commerce initiated 

this administrative review of the 

countervailing duty order on fluid end 

blocks from Germany.1 On April 10, 

2024, Commerce selected BGH and 

Schmiedewerke Gr ditz GmbH (SWG) as 

the mandatory respondents in this 

review.2 On July 22, 2024, Commerce 


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3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated September 25, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated December 9, 2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results and Partial Recission of the 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023: 

Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Germany,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Notice of Intent to Rescind 

Review, in Part,’’ dated August 14, 2024. 

8See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

9As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with BGH Edelstahl 

Siegen GmbH: Boschgotthardshu ̈tte O. Breyer 

GmbH, BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH, RPS 

Rohstoff-, Press- und Schneidbetrieb Siegen GmbH, 

and SRG Schrott und Recycling GmbH. 

10See 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 

Service Procedures). 

11See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

12We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

13See APO and Service Procedures. 

14See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

tolled certain deadlines in this 

administrative proceeding by seven 

days.3 On September 25, 2024, 

Commerce extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this review until 

December 10, 2024.4 Additionally, on 

December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the 

deadline to issue the preliminary results 

in this administrative review by 90 

days.5 The deadline for the preliminary 

results is now March 10, 2025. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.6 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is provided as the 

appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the Order 

are fluid end blocks from Germany. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

the Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Rescission of Administrative Review, In 

Part 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review when there are no 

reviewable suspended entries of subject 

merchandise. Based on our analysis of 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) information, SWG had no entries 

of subject merchandise during the POR. 

On August 14, 2024, we notified parties 

that we intend to rescind this 

administrative review with respect to 

the one company which has no 

reviewable suspended entries.7 No 

parties commented on the notification 

of intent to rescind the review, in part. 

We are, therefore, rescinding the 

administrative review of SWG. For 

further information, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum at the ‘‘Partial 

Rescission of Administrative Review’’ 

section. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

administrative review in accordance 

with 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). For each of 

the subsidy programs found 

countervailable, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by 

an ‘‘authority’’ that gives rise to a 

benefit to the recipient, and that the 

subsidy is specific.8 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine the following 

net countervailable subsidy rate for the 

POR, January 1, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH 9 3.51 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties for these preliminary 

results within five days of any public 

announcement or, if there is no public 

announcement, within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

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.10 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.11 All briefs must be 

filed electronically using ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety in 

ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

the established deadline. 

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 briefs 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.12 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the executive 

summaries as the basis of the comment 

summaries included in the issues and 

decision memorandum that will 

accompany the final results in this 

administrative review. 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).13

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 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. 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. Oral 

presentations at the hearing will be 

limited to issues raised in the briefs. If 

a request for a hearing is made, 

Commerce will inform parties of the 

scheduled date for the hearing.14

Assessment Rates 

Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon 

issuance of the final results, Commerce 

shall determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 


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15See Order, 86 FR at 7536. 

entries covered by this review. 

Commerce intends to issue assessment 

instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 

days after the date of publication of the 

final results of this review in the 

Federal Register. If a timely summons is 

filed at the U.S. Court of International 

Trade, the assessment instructions will 

direct CBP not to liquidate relevant 

entries until the time for parties to file 

a request for a statutory injunction has 

expired (i.e., within 90 days of 

publication). 

For the company listed above for 

which the review is being rescinded, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to assess 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit 

of estimated countervailing duties 

required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, during the period January 

1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to 

issue rescission instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP 

regarding BGH no earlier than 35 days 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this review in the Federal 

Register. If a timely summons is filed at 

the U.S. Court of International Trade, 

the assessment instructions will direct 

CBP not to liquidate relevant entries 

until the time for parties to file a request 

for a statutory injunction has expired 

(i.e., within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to instruct CBP 

to collect cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties in the amount 

indicated above with regard to 

shipments of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review. For all non-reviewed firms, we 

will instruct CBP to continue to collect 

cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties at the most recent 

company-specific or all-others rate (i.e., 

6.29 percent),15 applicable to the 

company. These cash deposit 

instructions, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

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

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

Dated: December 12, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Partial Rescission of Review 

IV. Scope of the Order 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Economic Diversification 

VII. Interest Rate Benchmarks 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Information Collection Activities; 

Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; National Institute for 

Standards and Technology NIST 

Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) 

Information Management System (IMS) 

and Summer School Application 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on September 

9, 2024, during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

Agency: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), 

Commerce. 

Title: National Institute for Standards 

and Technology NIST Center for 

Neutron Research (NCNR) Information 

Management System (IMS) and Summer 

School Application. 

OMB Control Number 0693–0081. 

Form Number(s): none. 

Type of Request: Regular, extension of 

a current information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 2,000. 

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour. 

Burden Hours: 2,000. 

Needs and Uses: Registration of 

NCNR users; Collection of scientific 

experiment proposals; Regularly 

scheduled peer review of said 

proposals; Merit-based award of 

available experimental resources; 

Experiment date scheduling for selected 

projects (instrument scheduling); 

Collection and management of data 

required by the NCNR site access 

protocol; Managing the Health Physics 

training of arriving scientists; 

Coordination of administrative data; 

Collection of data in support of related 

activities such as NCNR Summer School 

for facility users; Management of the 

research results such as collected data, 

and subsequent publications; Numerous 

reporting functions used to evaluate and 

manage the NCNR activities. 

Affected Public: Scientific personnel 

using NCNR facility. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain benefits. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0693–0081. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Information Collection Activities; 

Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership, Management Information 

Reporting 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 


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