22504 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 73 / Friday, April 15, 2022 / Notices 

1See Sodium Nitrite from India and the Russian 

Federation: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 87 FR 7108 (February 8, 2022) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Sodium Nitrite 

from the Russian Federation,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

3See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

4See Initiation Notice. 

5See 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. 

6See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

7See, e.g., Freight Rail Coupler Systems and 

Certain Components Thereof: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 87 

FR 12662 (March 7, 2022); and Dried Tart Cherries 

from the Republic of Turkey: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 84 FR 67430 

(December 10, 2019). 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include, or 

summarize, each comment in our 

request to OMB to approve this ICR. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–821–837] 

Sodium Nitrite From the Russian 

Federation: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

sodium nitrite from the Russian 

Federation (Russia). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2021, through 

December 31, 2021. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable April 15, 2022 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Kinter, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on February 8, 2022.1 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.2 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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 http://

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 Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is sodium nitrite from 

Russia. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,3 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).4 No interested 

party commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of 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.5

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.6 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of 

the Act, if the individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates 

established for all exporters and 

producers individually examined are 

zero, de minimis, or determined based 

entirely on facts otherwise available, 

Commerce may use any reasonable 

method to establish the estimated 

subsidy rate for all other producers or 

exporters. Commerce has preliminarily 

determined the individually estimated 

subsidy rate for the individually 

examined respondent under section 776 

of the Act. Consequently, pursuant to 

section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act, we 

established the all-others rate by 

applying the countervailable subsidy 

rate assigned to the mandatory 

respondent.7 For a full description of 

the methodology underlying 

Commerce’s analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 


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8See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 9See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 17006 

(March 26, 2020); and Temporary Rule Modifying 

AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; 

Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 

2020). 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

UralChem, JSC ..................... 386.24 

All Others .............................. 386.24 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with a 

preliminary determination within five 

days of the public announcement or, 

where there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of the notice of preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

However, because Commerce 

preliminarily applied AFA to the 

individually examined company, 

UralChem JSC, in this investigation in 

accordance with section 776 of the Act, 

there are no calculations to disclose. 

Verification 

Because the examined respondents in 

this investigation did not provide 

information requested by Commerce 

and Commerce preliminarily determines 

each of the examined respondents to 

have been uncooperative, Commerce 

will not conduct verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than 30 days after 

the date of publication of the 

preliminary determination. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in case 

briefs, may be submitted no later than 

seven days after the deadline date for 

case briefs after the deadline date for 

case briefs.8 Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.9

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine before the later of 120 

days after the date of this preliminary 

determination or 45 days after the final 

determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: April 8, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this investigation 

is sodium nitrite in any form, at any purity 

level. In addition, the sodium nitrite covered 

by this investigation may or may not contain 

an anti-caking agent. Examples of names 

commonly used to reference sodium nitrite 

are nitrous acid, sodium salt, anti-rust, 

diazotizing salts, erinitrit, and filmerine. 

Sodium nitrite’s chemical composition is 

NaNO2, and it is generally classified under 

subheading 2834.10.1000 of the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS). The American Chemical Society 

Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) has 

assigned the name ‘‘sodium nitrite’’ to 

sodium nitrite. The CAS registry number is 

7632–00–0. For purposes of the scope of this 

investigation, the narrative description is 

dispositive, not the tariff heading, CAS 

registry number or CAS name, which are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

V. Analysis of Programs 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB941] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public online meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Coastal Pelagic Species 

(CPS) Subcommittee of the Pacific 

Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific 

Council’s) Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting to 

review proposed revisions to the Terms 

of Reference for the CPS Stock 

Assessment Review Process for 2023 

and 2024. The meeting is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The SSC CPS Subcommittee’s 

online meeting will be held Thursday, 

May 5, 2022, beginning at 9 a.m. and 

continuing until 12 p.m., Pacific Time 

or until business for the day has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The SSC’s CPS 

Subcommittee’s meeting will be an 

online meeting. Specific meeting 

information, including directions on 

how to join the meeting and system 

requirements, will be provided in the 

meeting announcement on the Pacific 

Council’s website (see 

www.pcouncil.org). You may send an 

email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 

(kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov) or contact 

him at (503) 820–2412 for technical 

assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 


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