Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 198 / Tuesday, October 14, 2014 / Notices 61599 

Dated: October 7, 2014. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24291 Filed 10–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARMENT OF COMMERCE 

[Docket No. 140826721–4721–01] 

Privacy Act of 1974, Amended System 

of Records 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Amendment 

to Privacy Act System of Records; 

‘‘COMMERCE/DEPARTMENT–10, 

Executive Correspondence Files.’’ 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 

5 United States Code (U.S.C.) 552(e)(4) 

and (11); and Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Circular A–130, 

Appendix I, Federal Agency 

Responsibilities for Maintaining 

Records About Individuals, the 

Department of Commerce proposes to 

amend the system of records entitled 

‘‘COMMERCE/DEPARTMENT–10, 

Executive Correspondence Files’’ to 

update: The categories of records in the 

system to include databases and 

electronic files; the system location(s); 

the routine uses to include the breach 

notification routine use; the safeguards 

and storage to include electronic 

records; the system manager(s) and 

addresses; the notification procedure; 

and the record source categories to 

include interaction with correspondent/ 

Department contact. We invite public 

comment on the amended system 

announced in this publication. 

DATES: To be considered, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before November 13, 2014. 

Unless comments are received, the 

amended system of records will become 

effective as proposed on the date of 

publication of a subsequent notice in 

the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: Email: BDolan1@doc.gov. 

Include ‘‘Privacy Act COMMERCE/

DEPARTMENT–10, Executive 

Correspondence Files’’ in the subtext of 

the message. Fax: (202) 482–0827, 

marked to the attention of Ms. Brenda 

Dolan Mail: Ms. Brenda Dolan, Office of 

Privacy and Open Government, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Ave. NW., Suite A300, 

Room A326, Washington, DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Brenda Dolan, Office of Privacy and 

Open Government, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Suite A300, Room A326, Washington, 

DC 20230, (202) 482–3258. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces the Department of 

Commerce’s proposal to amend the 

system of records under the Privacy Act 

of 1974 for Executive Correspondence 

Files. The purpose of this amendment is 

to update: The categories of records in 

the system to include databases and 

electronic files; the system location(s); 

the routine uses to include the breach 

notification routine use; the safeguards 

and storage to include electronic 

records; the system manager(s) and 

addresses; the notification procedure; 

and the record source categories to 

include interaction with correspondent/ 

Department contact. Specifically, we 

propose to modify the system of records 

to read as follows: 

Commerce/Dept–10 

SYSTEM NAME: 

COMMERCE/DEPT–10, Executive 

Correspondence Files. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

a. For Office of the Secretary 

correspondence: Office of the Executive 

Secretariat, Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Room 5516, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

b. For U.S. Census Bureau 

correspondence: Office of Congressional 

and Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Room 8H166, 4600 

Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233–3700. 

c. For Bureau of Economic Analysis/ 

Economic and Statistics Administration 

correspondence: Office of the Under 

Secretary, Economic and Statistics 

Administration, Room 4836, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

d. For Economic Development 

Administration correspondence: Office 

of the Executive Secretariat, Economic 

Development Administration, Room 

71014, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

e. For Bureau of Industry and Security 

correspondence: Office of the Under 

Secretary, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Room 3898, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

f. For International Trade 

Administration correspondence: Office 

of the Executive Secretariat, 

International Trade Administration, 

Room 3842, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

g. For Minority Business Development 

Agency correspondence: Office of the 

Executive Secretariat, Minority Business 

Development Agency, Room 5612, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

h. For National Institute of Standards 

and Technology correspondence: Office 

of the Chief of Staff, National Institute 

of Standards and Technology, Room 

A1105, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, 

MD 20899. 

i. For National Technical Information 

Service correspondence: Office of the 

Director, National Technical 

Information Service, 5301 Shawnee 

Road, Alexandria, VA 22312. 

j. For National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration: Office 

of the Assistant Secretary, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, Room 4898, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

k. For National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration 

correspondence: Office of the Executive 

Secretariat, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, Room 

6052, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

l. For U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office correspondence: Office of the 

Under Secretary, U.S. Patent and 

Trademark Office, 600 Dulany Street, 

Madison Building, West, 10th Floor, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22313. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

a. Department Contacts and/or 

individuals who correspond (in person, 

via telephone, mail, or electronically) 

with the Secretary of Commerce, and 

the Deputy Secretary, and individuals 

whose correspondence has been referred 

by the White House, other Executive 

agencies or Members of Congress to the 

Secretary or Deputy Secretary for 

response. 

b. Individuals who correspond with 

top level officials in the Department’s 

Bureaus. In these categories the 

individuals include only those who 

express views or seek information or 

assistance. Freedom of Information Act 

or Privacy Act requests are not indexed 

in this system (See Freedom of 

Information and Privacy Request 

Records—COMMERCE/DEPT–5). 

CATAGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

The system may include the name 

and addresses of correspondent, 

summary of subject matter, original 

correspondence, official response, 

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referral letters, memoranda or notes 

concerning the subject of the 

correspondence, or copies of any 

enclosures. For hard copy 

correspondence, the records in the 

system are arranged numerically by 

control number assigned to each item of 

correspondence. A separate electronic 

database of all Department Contacts may 

also be maintained. This database may 

include the information listed above, as 

well as any other information relevant 

to the maintenance of the Department’s 

contacts. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301 and 44 U.S.C. 3101. 

PURPOSES: 

The purpose of this system is to 

assure that each request receives an 

appropriate and timely reply and to 

prepare statistical reports for 

management on correspondence volume 

or topics of public interest, and to allow 

for management and optimal use of 

Department contacts information. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

1. Used by personnel in the Office of 

the Secretary, Executive Secretariat, and 

administrative offices of each operating 

unit of the Department to assure that 

each request receives an appropriate 

and timely reply and to prepare 

statistical reports for management on 

correspondence volume or topics of 

public interest, and to allow for 

management and optimal use of 

Department contacts information. 

Information from or copies of the 

records may be provided to the original 

addresses of the original 

correspondence. 

2. In the event that a system or 

records maintained by the Department 

to carry out its functions indicates a 

violation or potential violation of law or 

contract, whether civil, criminal or 

regulatory in nature, and whether 

arising by general statute or particular 

program statute or contract, or rule, 

regulation, or order issued pursuant 

thereto, or where necessary to protect an 

interest of the Department, the relevant 

records in the system of records may be 

referred, as a routine use, to the 

appropriate agency, whether Federal, 

state, local or foreign, charged with the 

responsibility of investigating or 

prosecuting such violation or charged 

with enforcing or implementing the 

statute or contract, or rule, regulation or 

order issued pursuant thereto, or 

protecting the interest of the 

Department. 

3. A record from this system of 

records may be disclosed to a Federal, 

state or local agency maintaining civil, 

criminal or other relevant enforcement 

information or other pertinent 

information, such as current licenses, if 

necessary to obtain information relevant 

to a Department decision concerning the 

assignment, hiring or retention of an 

individual, the issuance of a security 

clearance, the letting of a contract, or 

the issuance of a license, grant or other 

benefit. 

4. A record from this system of 

records may be disclosed to a Federal, 

state, local, or international agency, in 

response to its request, in connection 

with the assignment, hiring or retention 

of an individual, the issuance of a 

security clearance, the reporting of an 

investigation of an individual, the 

letting of a contract, or the issuance of 

a license, grant, or other benefit by the 

requesting agency, to the extent that the 

information is relevant and necessary to 

the requesting agency’s decision on the 

matter. 

5. A record from this system of 

records may be disclosed in the course 

of presenting evidence to a court, 

magistrate or administrative tribunal, 

including disclosures to opposing 

counsel in the course of settlement 

negotiations. 

6. A record in this system of records 

may be disclosed to a Member of 

Congress submitting a request involving 

an individual when the individual has 

requested assistance from the Member 

with respect to the subject matter of the 

record. 

7. A record in this system of records 

which contains medical information 

may be disclosed to the medical advisor 

of any individual submitting a request 

for access to the record under the Act 

and 15 CFR Part 4 if, in the sole 

judgment of the Department, disclosure 

could have an adverse effect upon the 

individual, under the provision of 5 

U.S.C. 552a(f)(3) and implementing 

regulations at 15 CFR 4.26. 

8. A record in this system of records 

may be disclosed to the Office of 

Management and Budget in connection 

with the review of private relief 

legislation as set forth in OMB Circular 

No. A–19 at any stage of the legislative 

coordination and clearance process as 

set forth in that Circular. 

9. A record in this system of records 

may be disclosed to the Department of 

Justice in connection with determining 

whether disclosure thereof is required 

by the Freedom of Information Act (5 

U.S.C. 552). 

10. A record in this system of records 

may be disclosed to a contractor of the 

Department having need for the 

information in the performance of the 

contract, but not operating a system of 

records within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 

552a(m). 

11. A record in this system may be 

transferred to the Office of Personnel 

Management: for personnel research 

purposes; as a data source for 

management information; for the 

production of summary descriptive 

statistics and analytical studies in 

support of the function for which the 

records are collected and maintained; or 

for related manpower studies. 

12. A record from this system of 

records may be disclosed to the 

Administrator, General Services, or his 

designee, during an inspection of 

records conducted by the General 

Services Administration as part of that 

agency’s responsibility to recommend 

improvements in records management 

practices and programs, under authority 

of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. Such 

disclosure shall be made in accordance 

with the GSA regulations governing 

inspection of records for this purpose, 

and any other relevant (i.e. GSA or 

Commerce) directive. Such disclosure 

shall not be used to make 

determinations about individuals. 

13. A record in this system of records 

may be disclosed to appropriate 

agencies, entities and persons when (1) 

it is suspected or determined that the 

security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; (2) the DOC has 

determined that as a result of the 

suspected or confirmed compromise 

there is a risk of harm to economic or 

property interests, identity theft or 

fraud, or harm to the security or 

integrity of this system or whether 

systems or programs (whether 

maintained by the DOC or another 

agency or entity) that rely upon the 

compromised information; and (3) the 

disclosure made to such agencies, 

entities, and persons is reasonably 

necessary to assist in connection with 

the DOC’s efforts to respond to the 

suspected or confirmed compromise 

and to prevent, minimize, or remedy 

such harm. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

Not applicable. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Hard copy files may be maintained in 

paper form and on diskettes; additional 

electronic files may be kept in electronic 

digital media in encrypted format 

within a controlled environment, and 

accessed only by authorized personnel. 

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RETRIEVABILITY: 

By agency responsibility, by control 

number, by correspondent’s name, by 

subject, by addressee, by category of 

writer (e.g., Member of Congress, White 

House staff, Cabinet member, mayor, 

citizen) by category of correspondence, 

by Executive Secretariat analysts’ 

identification code, by type of priority 

for response time, by date, or possibly 

by city and state of correspondent’s 

address. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Paper records and disks as stored in 

file cabinets on secured premises with 

access limited to personnel whose 

official duties require access. For 

electronic media, the system is 

password protected and is FIPPS 199 

compliant. The electronic system 

adheres to a Moderate security rating. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records are disposed of in accord 

with the appropriate records disposition 

schedule approved by the Archivist of 

the United States. 

SYSTEM MANGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

For records at location a.: Director, 

Office of the Executive Secretariat, 

Office of the Secretary, Room 5516, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

For records at location b.: Director, 

Office of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Room 8H166, 4600 

Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233–3700. 

For records at location c.: Director, 

Office of the Under Secretary, Economic 

and Statistics Administration, Room 

4836, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

For records at location d.: Director, 

Office of the Executive Secretariat, 

Economic Development Administration, 

Room 71014, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

For records at location e.: Director, 

Office of the Under Secretary, Bureau of 

Industry and Security, Room 3898, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

For records at location f.: Director, 

Office of the Executive Secretariat, 

International Trade Administration, 

Room 3842, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

For records at location g.: Director, 

Office of the Executive Secretariat, 

Minority Business Development 

Agency, Room 5612, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

For records at location h.: Director, 

Office of the Chief of Staff, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

Room A1105, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 

For records at location i.: Director, 

National Technical Information Service, 

5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 

22312. 

For records at location j.: Director, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary, 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration, Room 

4898, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

For records at location k.: Director, 

Office of the Executive Secretariat, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, Room 6052, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

For records at location l.: Director, 

Office of the Under Secretary, U.S. 

Patent and Trademark Office, 600 

Dulany Street, Madison Building, West, 

10th Floor, Alexandria, Virginia 22313. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

An individual requesting notification 

of existence of records on himself or 

herself should send a signed, written 

inquiry to the locations listed below. 

The request letter should be clearly 

marked, ‘‘PRIVACY ACT REQUEST.’’ 

The written inquiry must be signed and 

notarized or submitted with certification 

of identity under penalty of perjury. 

Requesters should reasonable specify 

the record contents being sought. 

For records at location a.: Office of the 

Secretary, Freedom of Information and 

Privacy Act Officer, Room A300, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

For records at location b.: U.S. Census 

Bureau, Freedom of Information and 

Privacy Act Officer, Room 8H027, 4600 

Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233–3700. 

For records at locations c.: Bureau of 

Economic Analysis/Economic and 

Statistics Administration, Freedom of 

Information and Privacy Act Officer, 

Room 4836, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution, Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

For records at location d.: Economic 

Development Administration, Freedom 

of Information and Privacy Act Officer, 

Room 7325, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

For records at location e.: Bureau of 

Industry and Security, Freedom of 

Information and Privacy Act Officer, 

Room 6622, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

For records at location f.: 

International Trade Administration, 

Freedom of Information and Privacy Act 

Officer, Room 40003, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

For records at location g.: Minority 

Business Development Agency, 

Freedom of Information and Privacy Act 

Officer, Room 5093, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

For records at location h.: National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

Freedom of Information and Privacy Act 

Officer, Room 1710, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 

For records at location i.: National 

Technical Information Service, Freedom 

of Information and Privacy Act Officer, 

Room 227, 5301 Shawnee Road, 

Alexandria, VA 22312. 

For records at location j.: National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, Freedom of Information 

and Privacy Act Officer, Room 4713, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

For records at location k.: National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, Freedom of Information 

and Privacy Act Officer, Room 9719, 

SSMC3, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. 

For records at location l.: U.S. Patent 

and Trademark Office, Freedom of 

Information and Privacy Act Officer, 

600 Dulany Street, Madison Building, 

East, Room 10B20, Alexandria, Virginia 

22313. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

An individual requesting access to 

records on himself or herself should 

send a signed, written inquiry to the 

same address as stated in the 

Notification Procedure section above. 

The request letter should be clearly 

marked, ‘‘PRIVACY ACT REQUEST.’’ 

The written inquiry must be signed and 

notarized or submitted with certification 

of identity under penalty of perjury. 

Requesters should reasonable specify 

the record contents being sought. 

CONTESTNG RECORD PROCEDURES: 

An individual requesting corrections 

or contesting information contained in 

his or her records must send a signed, 

written request inquiry to the same 

address as stated in the Notification 

Procedure section above. Requesters 

should reasonable identify the records, 

specify the information they are 

contesting and state the corrective 

action sought and the reasons for the 

correction with supporting justification 

showing how the record is incomplete, 

untimely, inaccurate, or irrelevant. 

The Department’s rules for access, for 

contesting contents, and for appealing 

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1See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from Taiwan: 

Preliminary Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Alignment of Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Determination, 79 FR 16290 (March 

25, 2014) (Preliminary Determination). 

2Public versions of all business proprietary 

documents and all public documents are on file 

electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). Access to 

IA ACCESS is available to registered users at 

http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central Records 

Unit (CRU), Room 7046 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. 

3See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the 

People’s Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the 

Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Initiation 

of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 78 FR 69041 

(November 18, 2013) (AD Initiation Notice); 

concurrent antidumping duty (AD) investigation. 

4See Letter from Petitioner to the Department, 

‘‘Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duties against Non-Oriented 

Electrical Steel from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, 

Sweden, Taiwan/Petition Amendment to Clarify the 

Proposed Scope Definition,’’ dated November 22, 

2013 (‘‘Petitioner’s Proposed Scope Changes’’); and 

Letter from Petitioner, ‘‘Non-Oriented Electrical 

Steel from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, 

Taiwan: Petitioner’s Comments on the Scope of 

Investigations,’’ dated November 26, 2013. 

5On January 23, 2014, POSCO and Daewoo 

International Corporation (DWI) filed a joint 

response in the concurrent LTFV investigation of 

NOES from Korea. The Department preliminarily 

found these two companies to be a single entity in 

the AD investigation. See the memorandum from 

Senior Advisor, Gary Taverman, to Acting Assistant 

Secretary, Ronald K. Lorentzen entitled ‘‘Decision 

Memorandum for the Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from 

the Republic of Korea’’ dated May 15, 2014. 

6See Letter from POSCO/DWI to the Department, 

‘‘Scope Clarification Requests,’’ dated January 28, 

2014. 7See Letter from Petitioner to the Department, 

‘‘Re: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from China, 

Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden and Taiwan/

Petitioner’s Response to POSCO’s Scope 

Clarification Requests,’’ dated February 4, 2014. 

8See Letter from POSCO/DWI to the Department, 

‘‘Scope Clarification Requests,’’ dated January 28, 

2014, at 3. 

9 Id., at 3–4. 

initial determination by the individual 

concerned appear in 15 CFR part 4, 

Appendix B. 

RECORD SOURCE CATGEGORIES: 

The correspondent, referral source, 

Department employees involved in 

processing the correspondence, and 

other individuals, as required to prepare 

an appropriate response and to interact 

with correspondent/Department contact. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Dated: October 7, 2014. 

Brenda Dolan, 

Department of Commerce, Freedom of 

Information and Privacy Act Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–17–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–583–852] 

Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From 

Taiwan: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

non-oriented electrical steel from 

Taiwan. For information on the 

estimated subsidy rates, see the 

‘‘Suspension of Liquidation’’ section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 14, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Tran or Christopher Hargett, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 

CC116, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: 202–482–1503 or 202–482– 

4161, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The petitioner in this investigation is 

AK Steel Corporation (Petitioner). This 

investigation covers 22 government 

programs. The mandatory respondents 

in this investigation are China Steel 

Corporation (CSC) and its cross-owned 

affiliates Dragon Steel Corporation 

(DSC), HiMag Magnetic Corporation 

(HIMAG) and China Steel Global 

Trading Corporation (CSGT) 

(collectively, CSC Companies) and 

Leicong Industrial Company, Ltd. 

(Leicong). 

The events that occurred since the 

Department published the Preliminary 

Determination on March 25, 2014,1 are 

discussed in the Memorandum to Paul 

Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Issues 

and Decision Memorandum for the 

Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation of Non-Oriented 

Electrical Steel from Taiwan’’ (Decision 

Memorandum), which is hereby 

adopted by this notice.2

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation for which 

we are measuring subsidies is January 1, 

2012, through December 31, 2012. 

Scope Comments 

In the AD Initiation Notice,3 the 

Department invited interested parties to 

‘‘to raise issues regarding product 

coverage.’’ On November 22, and 26, 

2013, Petitioner requested that the 

Department clarify the scope by 

lowering the minimum silicon content 

from 1.25 percent to 1.00 percent, 

removing altogether the maximum 

silicon content, and including language 

regarding surface oxide coating.4 On 

January 28, 2014, POSCO/DWI,5 a 

respondent in the companion less than 

fair value (LTFV) investigation of NOES 

from the Republic of Korea, filed scope 

comments with the Department in 

which it requested that the Department 

clarify whether laminations and cores, 

downstream products fabricated from 

NOES, and certain NOES specifications 

with silicon content less than the 

percentage identified in the scope of 

NOES investigations contained in the 

AD Initiation Notice, are covered by this 

and the companion investigations.6 On 

February 4, 2014, Petitioner responded 

to POSCO/DWI’s comments, stating (1) 

that laminations and cores are out of the 

scope of the investigations to the extent 

that exclusion only covers products that 

are suitable for use (without further 

processing) as a drop-in part of a core; 

and (2) that the Department should 

promptly implement the changes to the 

scope of the investigations relating to 

silicon content described in Petitioner’s 

Proposed Scope Changes, and clarify for 

POSCO/DWI the data that it should 

report to the Department.7

After analyzing the scope comments 

regarding silicon content and surface 

oxide coatings, the Department decided 

to lower the minimum silicon content 

identified in the scope from 1.25 

percent to 1.00 percent and to include 

language regarding surface oxide coating 

in the scope. However, the Department 

decided not to eliminate the maximum 

silicon content in the scope. For a 

complete discussion of these decisions 

see the memorandum to Christian 

Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations from Robert Bolling, 

Program Manager for AD/CVD 

Operations, Office IV, regarding ‘‘Scope 

Modification Requests,’’ dated April 10, 

2014, and hereby incorporated by 

reference into this memorandum. The 

scope language below reflects these 

decisions. 

With respect to the issue involving 

laminations and cores, POSCO/DWI 

described laminations as products that 

are cut from NOES into their finished 

shape by a punch and die or, when in 

smaller quantities, by laser or wire 

erosion.8 The laminations are 

subsequently assembled together to 

form laminated transformer cores or 

electric motor stator and rotor parts.9

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