Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 215 / Thursday, November 6, 2014 / Notices 65925 

1See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From 

Mexico: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 54967 (September 15, 

2014) (Final Determination). 

2See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Mexico 

and Turkey, Investigation Nos. 701–TA–502 and 

731–TA–1227 (Final), USITC Publication 4496, 

(October 2014). 

3 Id. 

Training; Office of Information 

Technology; NIFA;USDANIFA, Email: 

rmartin@nifa.NIFA.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Letter of Intent. 

OMB Number: 0524–New. 

Type of Request: Intent to establish a 

new information collection for three 

years. 

Abstract: NIFA sponsors ongoing 

agricultural research, extension, and 

education programs under which 

competitive, formula, and special 

awards of a high-priority nature are 

made. The nature of the competitive, 

peer-reviewed process makes it 

important that information from 

applicants be available in a 

standardized format to ensure equitable 

treatment. The LOI is used to ensure 

applicants adhere to program guidelines 

and goals and provides useful 

information for peer review panel 

planning. Applicants with relevant LOIs 

will be encouraged to submit a full 

application to the program while those 

that do not conform to program goals are 

discouraged to submit a full application. 

Many competitive programs currently 

require a LOI as a prerequisite for 

submission of an application. To reduce 

an applicant’s administrative burden, 

NIFA may expand the use of LOIs for 

more of its competitive programs. 

Electronic submission via email in an 

attached PDF formatted document 

collects the following information: 

Page 1: 

a. Name of lead Project Director (PD) 

b. Professional Title of lead PD 

c. Department of lead PD 

d. Institution of lead PD 

e. Email of lead PD 

f. Name of all collaborating PDs 

g. Professional Title of all 

collaborating PDs 

h. Department of all collaborating PDs 

i. Institution of all collaborating PDs 

j. Program Area 

k. Priority Area 

Page 2: 

a. Descriptive Title 

b. Rationale 

c. Overall Hypothesis or Goal 

d. Specific Objectives 

e. Approach 

f. Potential Impact and Expected 

Outcomes 

The information collection will 

collect the same information in a fillable 

PDF document provided by NIFA. 

Respondents: Universities, non-profit 

institutions, State, local, or Tribal 

governments, and a limited number of 

for-profit institutions and individuals. 

Estimation of Responses: The 

individual form burden is as follows 

(calculated based on a survey of LOI 

applicants conducted by NIFA): 1–2 

hours. 

Frequency of Respondents: Annually, 

for those that submit LOIs to required 

programs. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Comments should be sent to 

the address stated in the preamble. All 

responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of 

October 2014. 

Sonny Ramaswamy, 

Director, National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26404 Filed 11–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–844] 

Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From 

Mexico: Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on an affirmative final 

determination by the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

the Department is issuing an 

antidumping duty (AD) order on steel 

concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from 

Mexico. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 6, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Moore or Joy Zhang, Office 

III, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–3692 or (202) 482– 

1168. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 735(d) 

and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.210(c), on September 15, 2014, the 

Department published its affirmative 

final determination of sales at less-thanfair-value (LTFV) in the antidumping 

duty investigation of rebar from 

Mexico.1 On October 28, 2014, the ITC 

notified the Department of its final 

determination, pursuant to sections 

735(b)(1)(A)(i) and section 735(d) of the 

Act, that an industry in the United 

States is materially injured by reason of 

LTFV imports of rebar from Mexico.2

The ITC also determined that critical 

circumstances do not exist.3

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to this order 

is steel concrete reinforcing bar 

imported in either straight length or coil 

form (rebar) regardless of metallurgy, 

length, diameter, or grade. The subject 

merchandise is classifiable in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) primarily under 

item numbers 7213.10.0000, 

7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010. 

The subject merchandise may also 

enter under other HTSUS numbers 

including 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.5000, 

7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 

7221.00.0045, 7222.11.0001, 

7222.11.0057, 7222.11.0059, 

7222.30.0001, 7227.20.0080, 

7227.90.6085, 7228.20.1000, and 

7228.60.6000. Specifically excluded are 

plain rounds (i.e., non-deformed or 

smooth rebar). Also excluded from the 

scope is deformed steel wire meeting 

ASTM A1064/A1064M with no bar 

markings (e.g., mill mark, size or grade) 

and without being subject to an 

elongation test. HTSUS numbers are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes; however, the written 

description of the scope remains 

dispositive. 

Antidumping Duty Order 

As stated above, on October, 28, 2014, 

in accordance with section 745(d) of the 

Act, the ITC notified the Department of 

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4 Id. 

5See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From 

Mexico: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, and 

Postponement of Final Determination, 79 FR 22802 

(April 24, 2014) (Preliminary Determination). 

6See section 736(a)(3) of the Act. 

7See letter from Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. and 

Deacero USA, Inc., titled, ‘‘Steel Concrete 

Reinforcing Bar (‘‘Rebar’’) From Mexico: Request To 

Postpone the Final Determination,’’ dated April 15, 

2014. 

1See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the 

Republic of Turkey: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and Final 

Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, 

79 FR 54963 (September 15, 2014) (Final 

Determination). 

its final determination in which it found 

that an industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reason of imports 

of rebar from Mexico.4 Therefore, in 

accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the 

Act, we are publishing this AD order. 

Further, pursuant to section 736(a) of 

the Act, the Department will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

assess, upon further instruction by the 

Department, AD duties equal to the 

amounts listed below for all relevant 

entries of rebar from Mexico entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after April 24, 2014, 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination,5 but will 

not include entries occurring after the 

expiration of the provisional measures 

period and before the publication of the 

ITC’s final injury determination as 

further described below. 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 736 of the 

Act, we will instruct CBP to continue to 

suspend liquidation on all entries of 

rebar from Mexico. We will also instruct 

CBP to require cash deposits at rates 

equal to the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins indicated below. 

These instructions suspending 

liquidation will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Accordingly, effective on the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final affirmative 

injury determination, CBP will require, 

at the same time as importers would 

normally deposit estimated duties on 

this subject merchandise, a cash deposit 

at rates equal to the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins listed below.6

The relevant all-others rate applies to all 

producers or exporters not specifically 

listed. 

Provisional Measures 

Section 733(d) of the Act states that 

instructions issued pursuant to an 

affirmative preliminary determination 

may not remain in effect for more than 

four months except where exporters 

representing a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise 

request the Department to extend that 

four-month period to no more than six 

months. At the request of exporters that 

account for a significant proportion of 

rebar from Mexico, we extended the 

four-month period to no more than six 

months.7 The Department published the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

underlying investigation on April 24, 

2014. Therefore, the six-month period 

beginning on the date of publication of 

the preliminary determination ended on 

October 21, 2014. Furthermore, section 

737(b) of the Act states that definitive 

duties are to begin on the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final injury 

determination. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

733(d) of the Act and our practice, we 

will instruct CBP to terminate the 

suspension of liquidation and to 

liquidate, without regard to 

antidumping duties, unliquidated 

entries of rebar from Mexico, entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after October 21, 

2014, the date the provisional measures 

expired, until and through the day 

preceding the date of publication of the 

ITC’s final injury determination in the 

Federal Register. Suspension of 

liquidation will resume on or after the 

date of publication of the ITC’s final 

injury determination in the Federal 

Register. 

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping 

Margins 

The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Producer or exporter 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V .......... 20.58 

Grupo Acerero S.A. de C.V ...... 66.70 

Grupo Simec ............................. 66.70 

All Others .................................. 20.58 

Critical Circumstances 

With regard to the ITC’s negative 

critical circumstances determination on 

imports of rebar from Mexico, the 

Department will instruct CBP to lift 

suspension and refund any cash deposit 

made to secure payment of estimated 

antidumping duties with respect to 

entries of the merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after January 24, 

2014, (i.e., 90 days prior to the 

publication date of the Preliminary 

Determination) but before April 24, 

2014, the publication date of the 

Preliminary Determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the 

antidumping duty order with respect to 

rebar from Mexico pursuant to section 

736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can 

find a list of antidumping duty orders 

currently in effect at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/stats/

iastats1.html. 

This order is issued and published in 

accordance with section 736(a) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b). 

Dated: October 31, 2014. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26411 Filed 11–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–489–819] 

Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From 

the Republic of Turkey: Countervailing 

Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

the Department is issuing a 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on steel 

concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the 

Republic of Turkey (Turkey). 

DATES: Effective Date: November 6, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Johnson, Office III, AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–4793. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 15, 2014, the 

Department published the final 

determination in the CVD investigation 

of rebar from Turkey.1 On October 28, 

2014, the ITC notified the Department of 

its final determination pursuant to 

sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and section 

705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

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