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5See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii). 

1See 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. 

limits. These modifications are effective 

for all segments initiated on or after 

October 21, 2013. Review the final rule, 

available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/

pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013- 

22853.htm, prior to submitting factual 

information in these segments. 

Letters of Appearance and 

Administrative Protective Orders 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(d), the 

Department will maintain and make 

available a public service list for these 

proceedings. Parties wishing to 

participate in any of these five-year 

reviews must file letters of appearance 

as discussed at 19 CFR 351.103(d)). To 

facilitate the timely preparation of the 

public service list, it is requested that 

those seeking recognition as interested 

parties to a proceeding submit an entry 

of appearance within 10 days of the 

publication of the Notice of Initiation. 

Because deadlines in Sunset Reviews 

can be very short, we urge interested 

parties who want access to proprietary 

information under administrative 

protective order (‘‘APO’’) to file an APO 

application immediately following 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of initiation. The 

Department’s regulations on submission 

of proprietary information and 

eligibility to receive access to business 

proprietary information under APO can 

be found at 19 CFR 351.304–306. 

Information Required From Interested 

Parties 

Domestic interested parties, as 

defined in section 771(9)(C), (D), (E), (F), 

and (G) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.102(b), wishing to participate in a 

Sunset Review must respond not later 

than 15 days after the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of initiation by filing a notice 

of intent to participate. The required 

contents of the notice of intent to 

participate are set forth at 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(ii). In accordance with the 

Department’s regulations, if we do not 

receive a notice of intent to participate 

from at least one domestic interested 

party by the 15-day deadline, the 

Department will automatically revoke 

the order without further review.5

If we receive an order-specific notice 

of intent to participate from a domestic 

interested party, the Department’s 

regulations provide that all parties 

wishing to participate in a Sunset 

Review must file complete substantive 

responses not later than 30 days after 

the date of publication in the Federal 

Register of this notice of initiation. The 

required contents of a substantive 

response, on an order-specific basis, are 

set forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3). Note 

that certain information requirements 

differ for respondent and domestic 

parties. Also, note that the Department’s 

information requirements are distinct 

from the Commission’s information 

requirements. Consult the Department’s 

regulations for information regarding 

the Department’s conduct of Sunset 

Reviews. Consult the Department’s 

regulations at 19 CFR part 351 for 

definitions of terms and for other 

general information concerning 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

proceedings at the Department. 

This notice of initiation is being 

published in accordance with section 

751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c). 

Dated: November 19, 2014. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–017] 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of 

Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires From the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination, Preliminary 

Affirmative Critical Circumstances 

Determination, in Part, and Alignment 

of Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of passenger 

vehicle and light truck tires (passenger 

tires) from the People’s Republic of 

China (PRC). The period of investigation 

is January 1, 2013, through December 

31, 2013. We invite interested parties to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Effective Date: Insert date of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Halle or Jason Rhoads, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone 202.482.0176, 202.482.0123, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are certain passenger tires 

from the PRC. For a complete 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see the Memorandum 

from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul 

Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

‘‘Countervailing Duty Investigation of 

Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires from the People’s Republic 

of China: Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determination,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted 

by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 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, 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 Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://trade.gov/enforcement. 

The signed Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum and the electronic 

versions of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Methodology 

The Department is conducting this 

countervailing duty (CVD) investigation 

in accordance with section 701 of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

For each of the subsidy programs found 

countervailable, we preliminarily 

determine 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.1 For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

preliminary conclusions, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

The Department notes that, in making 

these findings, we relied, in part, on 

facts available and, because one or more 

respondents did not act to the best of 

their ability to respond to the 

Department’s requests for information, 

we drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 


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2See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

3Collectively, United Steel, Paper and Forestry, 

Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial 

and Service Workers International Union, AFL– 

CIO, CLC. See Letter from Petitioner, ‘‘Certain 

Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 

People’s Republic of China—Petitioner’s Request 

for Alignment of Countervailing Duty Investigation 

Final Determination Deadline with Antidumping 

Investigation Final Determination Deadline,’’ 

November 5, 2014. 

4The individually-investigated exporters/

producers are GITI Tire (Fujian) Co., Ltd., and its 

cross-owned affiliated companies GITI Tire (China) 

Investment Company Ltd., GITI Radial Tire (Anhui) 

Company Ltd., GITI Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd., 

GITI Steel Cord (Hubei) Company Ltd., and Anhui 

Prime Cord Fabrics Company Ltd.; and Cooper 

Kunshan Tire Co., Ltd., and its cross-owned 

affiliated company, Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) 

Tire Co., Ltd. 

5See, e.g., Hardwood and Decorative Plywood 

from the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination; 

2011, 78 FR 58283 (September 23, 2013). 

6See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

7See 19 CFR 351.309(c)–(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

facts otherwise available.2 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the final 

CVD determination in this investigation 

with the final determination in the 

companion antidumping duty (AD) 

investigation of passenger tires from the 

PRC based on a request made by 

Petitioner.3 Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

April 6, 2015, unless postponed. 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

In accordance with section 703(e)(1) 

of the Act, we preliminarily find that 

critical circumstances exist with respect 

to imports of passenger tires from the 

PRC for Shandong Yongsheng Rubber 

Group Co., Ltd. (Yongsheng) and all 

other exporters or producers not 

individually examined. A discussion of 

our determination can be found in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination and 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we calculated 

an individual estimated countervailable 

subsidy rate for the individuallyinvestigated exporters/producers of the 

subject merchandise.4 We also 

calculated an all-others rate. In 

accordance with sections 703(d) and 

705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, for companies 

not individually investigated, we apply 

an ‘‘all-others’’ rate, which is normally 

calculated by weighting the subsidy 

rates of the individual companies 

selected as mandatory respondents by 

those companies’ exports of the subject 

merchandise to the United States. Under 

section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, the allothers rate excludes zero and de 

minimis rates calculated for the 

exporters and producers individually 

investigated as well as rates based 

entirely on facts otherwise available. 

Therefore, we have excluded the rate for 

Yongsheng from the all-others rate. 

Notwithstanding the language of section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, we have not 

calculated the ‘‘all-others’’ rate by 

weight averaging the rates of the two 

individually investigated respondents, 

because doing so risks disclosure of 

proprietary information. Therefore, and 

consistent with the Department’s 

practice where such risk exists, for the 

‘‘all-others’’ rate, we calculated a weight 

average of the two responding firms’ 

rates using publicly ranged data.5 The 

overall preliminary estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates are 

summarized in the table below: 

Exporter/Producer 

Subsidy 

rate 

(%) 

GITI Tire (Fujian) Co., Ltd. and 

certain cross-owned companies 17.69 

Cooper Kunshan Tire Co., Ltd 

and certain cross-owned companies ........................................ 12.50 

Shandong Yongsheng Rubber 

Group Co., Ltd. ......................... 81.29 

All-Others ...................................... 15.69 

In accordance with sections 

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

directing U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation 

of all entries of passenger tires from the 

PRC that are entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of the publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register, and to require 

a cash deposit for such entries of 

merchandise in the amounts indicated 

above. Moreover, because we 

preliminarily find critical circumstances 

exist with respect to Yongsheng, and all 

other exporters or producers not 

individually examined, in accordance 

with section 703(e)(2)(A) of the Act, we 

are directing CBP to apply the 

suspension of liquidation to any 

unliquidated entries entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption by these companies, on or 

after the date which is 90 days prior to 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, we intend to verify the information 

submitted by the respondents prior to 

making our final determination. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

The Department intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with this 

preliminary determination within five 

days of its public announcement.6

Interested parties may submit case and 

rebuttal briefs, as well as request a 

hearing.7 For a schedule of the 

deadlines for filing case briefs, rebuttal 

briefs, and hearing requests, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of our 

determination. In addition, we are 

making available to the ITC all nonprivileged and non-proprietary 

information relating to this 

investigation. We will allow the ITC 

access to all privileged and business 

proprietary information in our files, 

provided the ITC confirms that it will 

not disclose such information, either 

publicly or under an administrative 

protective order, without the written 

consent of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

In accordance with section 705(b)(2) 

of the Act, if our final determination is 

affirmative, the ITC will make its final 

determination within 45 days after the 

Department makes its final 

determination. 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: November 21, 2014. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Alignment 

VI. Respondent Selection 

VII. Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part 

VIII. Injury Test 

IX. Application of the Countervailing Duty 

Law to Imports from the PRC 


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X. Subsidies Valuation 

XI. Benchmarks and Discount Rates 

XII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

XIII. Analysis of Programs 

XIV. ITC Notification 

XV. Disclosure and Public Comment 

XVI. Verification 

XVII. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD645 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Observer Policy Committee will meet to 

review scientific information affecting 

New England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 

beginning at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton Colonial Hotel; One 

Audubon Road; Wakefield, MA 01880; 

telephone: (781) 245–9300; fax: (781) 

245–0842. 

Council Address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda Items 

The Observer Policy Committee will 

meet to: Review progress regarding 

development of NMFS-led omnibus 

amendment to establish provisions for 

industry-funded monitoring (IFM) 

across all Council-managed fisheries; 

review and discuss timeline for IFM 

amendment; discuss details of omnibus 

IFM amendment alternatives, review 

related information and available 

analyses, and develop Committee 

recommendations; and plan next 

meeting and address other business as 

necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: November 25, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, December 3, 

2014, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

PLACE: CPSC’s National Product Testing 

and Evaluation Center, 5 Research 

Place, Rockville, MD 20850. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Open to 

the Public. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Briefing 

Matter: Fiscal Year 2015 Operating Plan. 

A live webcast of the Meeting can be 

viewed at www.cpsc.gov/live. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: November 26, 2014. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Acting Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28385 Filed 11–26–14; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: Friday, December 5, 

2014, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

PLACE: Hearing Room 420, Bethesda 

Towers, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Open to 

the Public. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Briefing 

Matter: Phthalates—NPR. 

A live webcast of the Meeting can be 

viewed at www.cpsc.gov/live. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: November 25, 2014. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Acting Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (CNCS), as part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirement on respondents can be 

properly assessed. 

Currently, CNCS is soliciting 

comments concerning its proposed new 

information collection through the 

Partnership and Collaboration (PAC) 

Survey that is part of the Social Network 

Study (SNS). The goal of this study is 

to gather a comprehensive 

understanding of network of 

organizations in the same service area as 

CNCS grantees, the relationships and 

interactions of CNCS grantees with 

these other organizations, and how 

central the AmeriCorps members and 

member organizations are to these 

networks. In support of these efforts, we 

will design and field a survey of 

grantees and organizations in the service 

area in several sites, the data from 


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