9162 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 25 / Friday, February 7, 2025 / Notices 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–729–730 and 

731–TA–1698–1699 (Final)] 

Brake Drums From China and Turkey; 

Scheduling of the Final Phase of 

Countervailing Duty and Antidumping 

Duty Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of the final 

phase of antidumping and 

countervailing duty investigation Nos. 

701–TA–729–730 and 731–TA–1698– 

1699 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act 

of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine 

whether an industry in the United 

States is materially injured or 

threatened with material injury, or the 

establishment of an industry in the 

United States is materially retarded, by 

reason of imports of brake drums from 

China and Turkey, provided for in 

subheading 8708.30.50 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States, preliminarily determined 

by the Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Commerce’’) to be subsidized and sold 

at less-than-fair-value. 

DATES: January 29, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Messer (202–205–3193), Office of 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these investigations may be viewed on 

the Commission’s electronic docket 

(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope.—For purposes of these 

investigations, Commerce has defined 

the subject merchandise as ‘‘. . . certain 

brake drums made of gray cast iron, 

whether finished or unfinished, with an 

actual or nominal inside diameter of 

14.75 inches or more but not over 16.6 

inches, weighing more than 50 pounds. 

Unfinished brake drums are those 

which have undergone some turning or 

machining but are not ready for 

installation. Subject brake drums are 

included within the scope whether 

imported individually or with 

nonsubject merchandise (for example, a 

hub), whether assembled or 

unassembled, or if joined with nonsubject merchandise. When a subject 

drum is imported together with nonsubject merchandise, such as, but not 

limited to, a drum-hub assembly, only 

the subject drum is covered by the 

scope. 

Subject merchandise also includes 

finished and unfinished brake drums 

that are further processed in a third 

country or in the United States, 

including, but not limited to, assembly 

or any other processing that would not 

otherwise remove the merchandise from 

the scope of this investigation if 

performed in the country of 

manufacture of the subject brake drums. 

The inclusion, attachment, joining, or 

assembly of non-subject merchandise 

with subject drums either in the country 

of manufacture of the subject drum or in 

a third country does not remove the 

subject drum from the scope. 

Specifically excluded is merchandise 

covered by the scope of the 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

orders on certain chassis and 

subassemblies thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China. See Certain Chassis 

and Subassemblies Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Antidumping Duty Order, 86 FR 36093 

(July 8, 2021) and Certain Chassis and 

Subassemblies Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Countervailing Duty Order and 

Amended Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 86 

FR 24844 (May 10, 2021). 

The scope also excludes composite 

brake drums that contain more than 38 

percent steel by weight.’’ 

Background.—The final phase of 

these investigations is being scheduled 

pursuant to sections 705(b) and 731(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

1671d(b) and 1673d(b)), as a result of 

affirmative preliminary determinations 

by Commerce that certain benefits 

which constitute subsidies within the 

meaning of § 703 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 

1671b) are being provided to 

manufacturers, producers, or exporters 

in China and Turkey of brake drums, 

and that such products are being sold in 

the United States at less than fair value 

within the meaning of § 733 of the Act 

(19 U.S.C. 1673b). The investigations 

were requested in petitions filed on June 

20, 2024, by Webb Wheel Products, Inc., 

Cullman, Alabama. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of this phase of the 

investigations, hearing procedures, and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B 

(19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207). 

Participation in the investigations and 

public service list.—Persons, including 

industrial users of the subject 

merchandise and, if the merchandise is 

sold at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations, wishing to 

participate in the final phase of these 

investigations as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

§ 201.11 of the Commission’s rules, no 

later than 21 days prior to the hearing 

date specified in this notice. A party 

that filed a notice of appearance during 

the preliminary phase of the 

investigations need not file an 

additional notice of appearance during 

this final phase. The Secretary will 

maintain a public service list containing 

the names and addresses of all persons, 

or their representatives, who are parties 

to the investigations. 

Please note the Secretary’s Office will 

accept only electronic filings during this 

time. Filings must be made through the 

Commission’s Electronic Document 

Information System (EDIS, https://

edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any 

electronic filings will be accepted until 

further notice. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

§ 207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the 

Secretary will make BPI gathered in the 

final phase of these investigations 

available to authorized applicants under 

the APO issued in the investigations, 

provided that the application is made 

no later than 21 days prior to the 

hearing date specified in this notice. 

Authorized applicants must represent 

interested parties, as defined by 19 

U.S.C. 1677(9), who are parties to the 

investigations. A party granted access to 

BPI in the preliminary phase of the 

investigations need not reapply for such 

access. A separate service list will be 

maintained by the Secretary for those 

parties authorized to receive BPI under 

the APO. 

Staff report.—The prehearing staff 

report in the final phase of these 

investigations will be placed in the 

nonpublic record on June 3, 2025, and 

a public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to § 207.22 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Hearing.—The Commission will hold 

a hearing in connection with the final 

phase of this investigation beginning at 

9:30 a.m. on June 17, 2025. Requests to 

appear at the hearing should be filed in 


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1The record is defined in § 207.2(f) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 

CFR 207.2(f)). 

2 90 FR 3788 and 90 FR 3792 (January 15, 2025). 

3Commissioner Rhonda K. Schmidtlein did not 

participate. 

writing with the Secretary to the 

Commission on or before June 11, 2025. 

Any requests to appear as a witness via 

videoconference must be included with 

your request to appear. Requests to 

appear via videoconference must 

include a statement explaining why the 

witness cannot appear in person; the 

Chairman, or other person designated to 

conduct the investigation, may in their 

discretion for good cause shown, grant 

such a request. Requests to appear as 

remote witness due to illness or a 

positive COVID–19 test result may be 

submitted by 3 p.m. the business day 

prior to the hearing. Further information 

about participation in the hearing will 

be posted on the Commission’s website 

at https://www.usitc.gov/calendarpad/ 

calendar.html. 

A nonparty who has testimony that 

may aid the Commission’s deliberations 

may request permission to present a 

short statement at the hearing. All 

parties and nonparties desiring to 

appear at the hearing and make oral 

presentations should attend a 

prehearing conference, if deemed 

necessary, to be held at 9:30 a.m. on 

June 13, 2025. Parties shall file and 

serve written testimony and 

presentation slides in connection with 

their presentation at the hearing by no 

later than noon on June 16, 2025. Oral 

testimony and written materials to be 

submitted at the public hearing are 

governed by sections 201.6(b)(2), 

201.13(f), and 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules. Parties must submit 

any request to present a portion of their 

hearing testimony in camera no later 

than 7 business days prior to the date of 

the hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each party 

who is an interested party shall submit 

a prehearing brief to the Commission. 

Prehearing briefs must conform with the 

provisions of § 207.23 of the 

Commission’s rules; the deadline for 

filing is 5:15 p.m. on June 10, 2025. 

Parties shall also file written testimony 

in connection with their presentation at 

the hearing, and posthearing briefs, 

which must conform with the 

provisions of § 207.25 of the 

Commission’s rules. The deadline for 

filing posthearing briefs is 5:15 p.m. on 

June 25, 2025. In addition, any person 

who has not entered an appearance as 

a party to the investigations may submit 

a written statement of information 

pertinent to the subject of the 

investigations, including statements of 

support or opposition to the petition, on 

or before 5:15 p.m. on June 25, 2025. On 

July 9, 2025, the Commission will make 

available to parties all information on 

which they have not had an opportunity 

to comment. Parties may submit final 

comments on this information on or 

before 5:15 p.m. on July 11, 2025, but 

such final comments must not contain 

new factual information and must 

otherwise comply with § 207.30 of the 

Commission’s rules. All written 

submissions must conform with the 

provisions of § 201.8 of the 

Commission’s rules; any submissions 

that contain BPI must also conform with 

the requirements of §§ 201.6, 207.3, and 

207.7 of the Commission’s rules. The 

Commission’s Handbook on Filing 

Procedures, available on the 

Commission’s website at https://

www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_

on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates 

upon the Commission’s procedures with 

respect to filings. 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to § 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, shall not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with §§ 201.16(c) and 

207.3 of the Commission’s rules, each 

document filed by a party to the 

investigations must be served on all 

other parties to the investigations (as 

identified by either the public or BPI 

service list), and a certificate of service 

must be timely filed. The Secretary will 

not accept a document for filing without 

a certificate of service. 

Authority: These investigations are 

being conducted under authority of title 

VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice 

is published pursuant to § 207.21 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: February 4, 2025. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02365 Filed 2–6–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–752 and 731– 

TA–1730 (Preliminary)] 

Active Anode Material From China 

Determinations 

On the basis of the record 1 developed 

in the subject investigations, the United 

States International Trade Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant 

to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’), 

that there is a reasonable indication that 

the establishment of an industry in the 

United States is materially retarded by 

reason of imports of active anode 

material from China, provided for in 

subheadings 2504.10.50 and 3801.10.50 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States, that are alleged to be 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value (‘‘LTFV’’) and alleged to be 

subsidized by the government of 

China.2 3

Commencement of Final Phase 

Investigations 

Pursuant to § 207.18 of the 

Commission’s rules, the Commission 

also gives notice of the commencement 

of the final phase of its investigations. 

The Commission will issue a final phase 

notice of scheduling, which will be 

published in the Federal Register as 

provided in § 207.21 of the 

Commission’s rules, upon notice from 

the U.S. Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Commerce’’) of affirmative 

preliminary determinations in the 

investigations under section 703(b) or 

733(b) of the Act, or, if the preliminary 

determinations are negative, upon 

notice of affirmative final 

determinations in those investigations 

under section 705(a) or 735(a) of the 

Act. Parties that filed entries of 

appearance in the preliminary phase of 

the investigations need not enter a 

separate appearance for the final phase 

of the investigations. Any other party 

may file an entry of appearance for the 

final phase of the investigations after 

publication of the final phase notice of 

scheduling. Industrial users, and, if the 

merchandise under investigation is sold 

at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations have the right 

to appear as parties in Commission 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

investigations. The Secretary will 

prepare a public service list containing 

the names and addresses of all persons, 

or their representatives, who are parties 

to the investigations. As provided in 

§ 207.20 of the Commission’s rules, the 

Director of the Office of Investigations 

will circulate draft questionnaires for 

the final phase of the investigations to 

parties to the investigations, placing 

copies on the Commission’s Electronic 

Document Information System (EDIS, 

https://edis.usitc.gov), for comment. 

Background 

On December 18, 2024, the American 

Active Anode Material Producers, the 

members of which are Anovion 


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