68856 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 223 / Wednesday, November 19, 2014 / Notices 

1See memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. 

Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Decision 

Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 

by the Convention (15 CFR 712.5(a)(1) 

and (a)(2)); 

(3) Provide for government approval 

of ‘‘declared Schedule 1’’ facilities (15 

CFR 712.5(f)); 

(4) Provide that ‘‘declared Schedule 

1’’ facilities are subject to initial and 

routine inspection by the Organization 

for the Prohibition of Chemical 

Weapons (15 CFR 712.5(e) and 

716.1(b)(1)); 

(5) Require 200 days advance 

notification of establishment of new 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ production facilities 

producing greater than 100 grams 

aggregate of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals per 

calendar year (15 CFR 712.4); 

(6) Require advance notification and 

annual reporting of all imports and 

exports of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals to, or 

from, other States Parties to the 

Convention (15 CFR 712.6, 742.18(a)(1) 

and 745.1); and 

(7) Prohibit the export of ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ chemicals to States not Party to the 

Convention (15 CFR 742.18(a)(1) and 

(b)(1)(ii)). 

For purposes of the CWCR (see 15 

CFR 710.1), ‘‘production of a Schedule 

1 chemical’’ means the formation of 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals through 

chemical synthesis, as well as 

processing to extract and isolate 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals produced 

biologically. Such production is 

understood, for CWCR declaration 

purposes, to include intermediates, byproducts, or waste products that are 

produced and consumed within a 

defined chemical manufacturing 

sequence, where such intermediates, byproducts, or waste products are 

chemically stable and therefore exist for 

a sufficient time to make isolation from 

the manufacturing stream possible, but 

where, under normal or design 

operating conditions, isolation does not 

occur. 

Request for Comments 

In order to assist in determining 

whether the legitimate commercial 

activities and interests of chemical, 

biotechnology, and pharmaceutical 

firms in the United States are 

significantly harmed by the limitations 

of the Convention on access to, and 

production of, ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals 

as described in this notice, BIS is 

seeking public comments on any effects 

that implementation of the Chemical 

Weapons Convention, through the 

Chemical Weapons Convention 

Implementation Act and the Chemical 

Weapons Convention Regulations, has 

had on commercial activities involving 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals during calendar 

year 2014. To allow BIS to properly 

evaluate the significance of any harm to 

commercial activities involving 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals, public 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice of inquiry should include both a 

quantitative and qualitative assessment 

of the impact of the CWC on such 

activities. 

Submission of Comments 

All comments must be submitted to 

one of the addresses indicated in this 

notice. The Department requires that all 

comments be submitted in written form. 

The Department encourages interested 

persons who wish to comment to do so 

at the earliest possible time. The period 

for submission of comments will close 

on December 19, 2014. The Department 

will consider all comments received 

before the close of the comment period. 

Comments received after the end of the 

comment period will be considered if 

possible, but their consideration cannot 

be assured. The Department will not 

accept comments accompanied by a 

request that a part or all of the material 

be treated confidentially because of its 

business proprietary nature or for any 

other reason. The Department will 

return such comments and materials to 

the persons submitting the comments 

and will not consider them. All 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be a matter of public record 

and will be available for public 

inspection and copying. 

The Office of Administration, Bureau 

of Industry and Security, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, displays 

public comments on the BIS Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) Web site at 

http://www.bis.doc.gov/foia. This office 

does not maintain a separate public 

inspection facility. If you have technical 

difficulties accessing this Web site, 

please call BIS’s Office of 

Administration, at (202) 482–1093, for 

assistance. 

Dated: November 14, 2014. 

Kevin J. Wolf, 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27425 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–929] 

Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2013– 

2014 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on small 

diameter graphite electrodes from the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC), 

covering the period February 1, 2013, 

through January 31, 2014. The 

Department preliminarily determines 

that during the period of review (POR) 

one company covered by this review 

made sales of subject merchandise at 

less than normal value. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 19, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael A. Romani, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office I, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–0198. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the order 

includes all small diameter graphite 

electrodes with a nominal or actual 

diameter of 400 millimeters (16 inches) 

or less and graphite pin joining systems 

for small diameter graphite electrodes. 

Small diameter graphite electrodes and 

graphite pin joining systems for small 

diameter graphite electrodes that are 

subject to the order are currently 

classified under the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings 8545.11.0010, 3801.10, and 

8545.11.0020. While the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of the 

order is dispositive. A full description 

of the scope of the order is contained in 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.1

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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 223 / Wednesday, November 19, 2014 / Notices 68857 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Small 

Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the People’s 

Republic of China’’ dated concurrently with and 

hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

2SGL Carbon LLC and Superior Graphite Co. 

(collectively, the petitioners) 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and 

Request for Revocation in Part, 79 FR 18262 (April 

1, 2014) (Initiation Notice). No party requested a 

review of the non-market economy entity. Pursuant 

to the Department’s change in practice, the 

Department no longer considers the non-market 

economy entity as an exporter conditionally subject 

to administrative reviews. See Antidumping 

Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 

Department Practice for Respondent Selection in 

Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional 

Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity in NME 

Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 

65970 (November 4, 2013). 

4See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

5See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2); see also 19 

CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). 

6See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

7See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

Partial Rescission of the Administrative 

Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the 

Secretary will rescind an administrative 

review, in whole or in part, if a party 

who requested the review withdraws 

the request within 90 days of the date 

of publication of notice of initiation of 

the requested review. Except for Henan 

Sanli Carbon Products Co., Ltd. (Henan 

Sanli) the petitioners 2 withdrew their 

request for an administrative review of 

the remaining 192 companies identified 

in the Initiation Notice.3 The petitioners 

were the only party to request a review 

of these companies. Accordingly, we are 

rescinding this review, in part, with 

respect to these entities, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). 

Methodology 

The Department conducted this 

review in accordance with section 

751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum contains a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions. The 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 

public document and is made available 

to the public via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). 

IA ACCESS is available to registered 

users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov, and 

is available to all parties in the 

Department’s Central Records Unit, 

located at room 7046 of the main 

Department of Commerce building. In 

addition, a complete version of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 

be found at http://enforcement.trade.

gov/frn/index.html. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

We determined that Henan Sanli is 

not entitled to a separate rate and 

should remain part of the PRC-wide 

entity. The Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum contains a full discussion 

of the rationale underlying our decision. 

The Department determined that the 

following preliminary dumping margin 

exists for the period February 1, 2013, 

through January 31, 2014: 

Exporter Margin 

(percent) 

Henan Sanli Carbon Products 

Co., Ltd. .................................. 159.64 † 

† The PRC-wide entity rate. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

not 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.4 Parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 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.5

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, or to participate if one is 

requested, must submit a written 

request to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, filed 

electronically via IA ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

the Department’s electronic records 

system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern 

Time within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice.6 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. Issues raised in 

the hearing will be limited to those 

raised in the respective case briefs. The 

Department intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

which will include the results of its 

analysis of issues raised in any such 

comments, within 120 days of 

publication of these preliminary results, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuing the final results of 

review, the Department will determine, 

and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties 

on all appropriate entries covered by 

this review.7 For the companies for 

which this review is rescinded, 

antidumping duties shall be assessed at 

rates equal to the cash deposit of 

estimated antidumping duties required 

at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(2). 

For the final results, if we continue to 

treat Henan Sanli as part of the PRCwide entity, we will instruct CBP to 

apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 

159.64 percent to all entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR which 

were produced and/or exported by 

Henan Sanli. 

The Department intends to issue 

appropriate assessment instructions 

directly to CBP 15 days after publication 

of the final results of review. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review for shipments of 

the subject merchandise from the PRC 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date, as provided by section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For 

previously investigated or reviewed PRC 

and non-PRC exporters not listed above 

that received a separate rate in a prior 

segment of this proceeding, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be the 

existing exporter-specific rate; (2) for all 

PRC exporters of subject merchandise 

that have not been found to be entitled 

to a separate rate, including Henan 

Sanli, the cash deposit rate will be that 

for the PRC-wide entity; and (3) for all 

non-PRC exporters of subject 

merchandise which have not received 

their own rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be the rate applicable to the PRC 

exporter that supplied that non-PRC 

exporter. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this POR. 

Failure to comply with this requirement 

could result in the Secretary’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of double 

antidumping duties. 

This administrative review and notice 

are in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213. 

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68858 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 223 / Wednesday, November 19, 2014 / Notices 

1See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 

from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 

Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances 

Determination, and Alignment of Final 

Countervailing Duty Determination with Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination, 79 FR 38490 

(July 8, 2014) (Preliminary Determination) and 

accompanying Decision Memorandum (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

2See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Determination in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Wire Rod from the People’s Republic of China,’’ 

dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

3See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 14– 

19. 

Dated: November 7, 2014. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

Summary 

Background 

Scope of the Order 

Discussion of Methodology 

1. Use of Adverse Facts Available 

2. Selection of Adverse Facts Available Rate 

3. Corroboration of Secondary Information 

4. Separate Rates 

Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2014–27404 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–013] 

Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 

Rod From the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Final 

Affirmative Critical Circumstances 

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 

carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod 

(steel wire rod) from the People’s 

Republic of China (PRC) as provided in 

section 705 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). The period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2013, 

through December 31, 2013. For 

information on the estimated subsidy 

rates, see the ‘‘Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section of this notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 19, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Trainor or Reza Karamloo, 

Office II, 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) 

482–4007 and (202) 482–4470, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The petitioners in this investigation 

are ArcelorMittal USA LLC, Charter 

Steel, Evraz Pueblo (formerly Evraz 

Rocky Mountain Steel), Gerdau 

Ameristeel U.S. Inc., Keystone 

Consolidated Industries, Inc. and Nucor 

Corporation. In addition to the 

Government of the PRC, the mandatory 

respondents in this investigation are 

Benxi Beiying Iron & Steel Group Import 

& Export Corp., Benxi Beiying Iron & 

Steel (Group) Co. Ltd. (collectively, 

Benxi Steel) and Hebei Iron & Steel Co. 

Ltd. Tangshan Branch (Hebei Iron & 

Steel). 

The events that have occurred since 

the Department published the 

Preliminary Determination 1 on July 8, 

2014, are discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, which is hereby 

incorporated in this notice.2 This 

memorandum also details the changes 

we made since the Preliminary 

Determination to the subsidy rates 

calculated for the mandatory 

respondents and all other producers/

exporters. The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and 

is on file electronically via Enforcement 

and Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). 

IA ACCESS is available to registered 

users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov, and is 

available to all parties in the Central 

Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main 

Department of Commerce building. In 

addition, a complete version of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum can 

be accessed directly at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 

The signed Issues and Decision 

Memorandum and the electronic 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation covers 

certain hot-rolled products of carbon 

steel and alloy steel, in coils, of 

approximately circular cross section, 

less than 19.00 mm in actual solid crosssectional diameter. Specifically 

excluded are steel products possessing 

the above-noted physical characteristics 

and meeting the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

definitions for (a) stainless steel; (b) tool 

steel; (c) high nickel steel; (d) ball 

bearing steel; or (e) concrete reinforcing 

bars and rods. Also excluded are free 

cutting steel (also known as free 

machining steel) products (i.e., products 

that contain by weight one or more of 

the following elements: 0.1 percent or 

more of lead, 0.05 percent or more of 

bismuth, 0.08 percent or more of sulfur, 

more than 0.04 percent of phosphorus, 

more than 0.05 percent of selenium, or 

more than 0.01 percent of tellurium). 

All products meeting the physical 

description of subject merchandise that 

are not specifically excluded are 

included in this scope. 

The products under investigation are 

currently classifiable under subheadings 

7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 

7213.91.3020, 7213.91.3093, 

7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000, 

7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030, 

7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6010, 

7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, and 

7227.90.6035 of the HTSUS. Products 

entered under subheadings 

7213.99.0090 and 7227.90.6090 of the 

HTSUS also may be included in this 

scope if they meet the physical 

description of subject merchandise 

above. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of this 

proceeding is dispositive. 

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 

this investigation are discussed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum, 

dated concurrently with this notice. A 

list of the issues that parties have raised, 

and to which we responded in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum, is 

attached to this notice as Appendix I. 

Use of Facts Otherwise Available, 

Including Adverse Inferences 

For purposes of this final 

determination, we continue to rely on 

facts available and to draw an adverse 

inference, in accordance with sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act, to determine 

the subsidy rate for Hebei Iron & Steel, 

because it failed to participate in this 

investigation.3 On July 11, 2014, Benxi 

Steel notified the Department that it was 

withdrawing from participation in the 

investigation. By refusing to participate 

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