26846 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 106 / Thursday, June 4, 2009 / Notices 

2 During the current review AMS Belgium has 

placed the following information on the record. In 

2006, U&A Belgium’s parent company, Arcelor 

S.A., agreed to merge with Mittal Steel N.V. This 

merger was completed on November 13, 2007. As 

a result of this merger, U&A Belgium became AMS 

Belgium on November 13, 2007. The Department 

has reviewed the information provided by AMS 

Belgium with regard to the merger and evaluated 

the company and its affiliates for receipt of 

countervailable subsidies. In addition, we have 

reviewed entry data provided by CBP to confirm 

that U&A Belgium is the only manufacturer of 

subject merchandise exported from Belgium during 

the POR. For countervailing duty review purposes, 

we will consider U&A Belgium to be AMS Belgium 

for cash deposit purposes. Since the merger 

happened during the POR, we will issue assessment 

instructions for both U&A Belgium and AMS 

Belgium. 

3. Preferential Short–Term Export 

Credit 

4. Interest Rate Rebates 

C. Programs of the European 

Commission 

1. ECSC Article 54 Loans and Interest 

Rebates 

2. ECSC Article 56 Conversion Loans, 

Interest Rebates and Redeployment 

Aid 

3. European Social Fund Grants 

4. European Regional Development 

Fund Grants 

5. Resider II Program 

II. Issues for Which More Information 

is Required 

On May 4, 2009, the Department 

sought information from the GOB 

concerning a research and development 

program administered by the Institute 

for the Promotion of Innovation by 

Science and Technology in Flanders. 

See March 4, 2009 AMS Belgium 

supplemental questionnaire response at 

pages 12–14 and Appendices S–5 and 

S–12 through S–17. In the previous 

review, the Department stated that it 

would defer examination of this 

program until a future review. See 2006 

SSPC Final, and accompanying ‘‘Issues 

and Decision Memorandum for the 

Final Results of the Eighth (2006) 

Administrative Review of the 

Countervailing Duty Order on Stainless 

Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium’’ in 

the ‘‘Analysis of Programs’’ section. On 

May 8, 2009, the GOB requested, and we 

granted, an extension to file its 

supplemental response on this program. 

As a result, we will not receive the 

GOB’s supplemental response until after 

the preliminary results of this review 

are issued. 

After reviewing the documentation 

receive to date, we have determined that 

we do not have sufficient information to 

make a finding regarding this program at 

this time. After we receive the GOB’s 

supplemental questionnaire response, 

we intend to issue an interim analysis 

providing preliminary findings with 

respect to this program so that parties 

will have the opportunity to comment. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminarily find that AMS 

Belgium, the only producer/exporter 

subject to this administrative review, 

had no countervailable subsidies during 

the POR. Therefore, for the period 

January 1, 2007, through December 31, 

2007, we preliminarily determine the 

net subsidy rate for AMS Belgium to be 

0.00 percent ad valorem. Consequently, 

if these preliminary results are adopted 

in our final results of this review, the 

Department will instruct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to 

liquidate shipments of SSPC by AMS 

Belgium2 entered or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption from 

January 1, 2007, through December 31, 

2007, without regard to countervailing 

duties. See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1). We 

intend to issue these instructions 15 

days after publication of the final results 

of this review. 

The final results of this review shall 

be the basis for future deposits of 

estimated duties. If the cash deposit rate 

calculated in the final results is zero or 

de minimis, no cash deposit will be 

required. The cash deposit requirement, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

We will instruct CBP to continue to 

collect cash deposits for non–reviewed 

companies covered by the order at the 

most recent company–specific rate 

applicable to the company. Accordingly, 

the cash deposit rate that will be 

applied to non–reviewed companies 

covered by the order will be the rate for 

that company established in the 

investigation or most recent 

administrative review. The ‘‘all others’’ 

rate shall apply to all non–reviewed 

companies that have not received an 

individual rate. 

Public Comment 

Interested parties may submit written 

arguments in case briefs no later than 

one week after the issuance of the 

interim analysis. See 19 CFR 351.309(c). 

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in case briefs, may be filed not later than 

five days after the date of filing the case 

briefs. See 19 CFR 351.309(d). Parties 

who submit briefs in this proceeding 

should provide a summary of the 

arguments not to exceed five pages and 

a table of statutes, regulations, and cases 

cited. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2). Copies of case briefs and rebuttal 

briefs must be served on interested 

parties in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.303(f). 

Interested parties may request a 

hearing within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. See 19 CFR 

351.310(c). Unless otherwise specified, 

the hearing, if requested, will be held 

two days after the scheduled date for 

submission of rebuttal briefs. See 19 

CFR 351.310(d)(1). 

The Department will publish a notice 

of the final results of this administrative 

review within 120 days from the 

publication of these preliminary results. 

See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (‘‘Act’’). 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

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

Dated: May 28, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–13066 Filed 6–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–552–805] 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 4, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gene Calvert or Jun Jack Zhao, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 6, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–3586 and (202) 

482–1396, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 20, 2009, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) initiated 

the countervailing duty investigation of 

polyethylene retail carrier bags from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam. See 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from 

Vietnam: Initiation of Countervailing 

Duty Investigation and Request for 

Public Comment on the Application of 

the Countervailing Duty Law on Imports 

From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 

74 FR 19064 (April 27, 2009). Currently, 

the preliminary determination is due no 

later than June 24, 2009. 

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Postponement of Due Date for the 

Preliminary Determination 

Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), requires the 

Department to issue the preliminary 

determination in a countervailing duty 

investigation within 65 days after the 

date on which the Department initiated 

the investigation. However, the 

Department may postpone making the 

preliminary determination until no later 

than 130 days after the date on which 

the administering authority initiated the 

investigation if, among other reasons, 

petitioner makes a timely request for an 

extension pursuant to section 

703(c)(1)(A) of the Act. In the instant 

investigation, petitioner made such a 

request on May 22, 2009, requesting a 

postponement until 130 days from the 

initiation date. Therefore, pursuant to 

the discretion afforded the Department 

under 703(c)(1)(A), we are fully 

extending the due date for the 

preliminary determination. The 

deadline for the completion of the 

preliminary determination is now 

August 28, 2009. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act. 

Dated: May 28, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–13062 Filed 6–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–821] 

Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 

Products from India: Partial Rescission 

of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to a request for 

administrative review received on 

December 31, 2008, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) initiated an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty order on certain 

hot-rolled carbon steel flat products 

from India covering the period January 

1, 2008, through December 31, 2008. See 

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews and Requests for Revocation in 

Part, 74 FR 5821 (February 2, 2009) 

(Initiation). As a result of withdrawals 

of request for review, we are rescinding 

this review, in part, with respect to 

Essar Steel Limited (Essar), Ispat 

Industries Limited (Ispat), and JSW 

Steel Limited (JSW). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 4, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gayle Longest, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 3, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Ave, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 

482–3338 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 31, 2008, U.S. Steel 

Corporation (petitioner) requested that 

the Department conduct an 

administrative review of Essar, Ispat, 

JSW, and Tata Steel Limited (Tata). On 

February 2, 2009, the Department 

initiated the review. See Initiation. On 

May 4, 2009, petitioner withdrew its 

request with respect to Essar, Ispat, and 

JSW. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to this order 

is certain hot-rolled carbon-quality steel 

products of a rectangular shape, of a 

width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither 

clad, plated, nor coated with metal and 

whether or not painted, varnished, or 

coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances, in coils (whether or 

not in successively superimposed 

layers), regardless of thickness, and in 

straight lengths, of a thickness of less 

than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring 

at least 10 times the thickness. 

Universal mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled 

products rolled on four faces or in a 

closed box pass, or a width exceeding 

150 mm, but not exceeding 1250 mm, 

and of a thickness of not less than 4 

mm, not in coils and without patterns 

in relief) of a thickness not less than 4.0 

mm is not included within the scope of 

this order. 

Specifically included in the scope of 

this order are vacuum degassed, fully 

stabilized (commonly referred to as 

interstitial-free (IF) steels, high-strength 

low-alloy (HSLA) steels, and the 

substrate for motor lamination steels. IF 

steels are recognized as low-carbon 

steels with micro-alloying levels of 

elements such as titanium or niobium 

(also commonly referred to as 

columbium), or both, added to stabilize 

carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA 

steels are recognized as steels with 

micro-alloying levels of elements such 

as chromium, copper, niobium, 

vanadium, and molybdenum. The 

substrate for motor lamination steels 

contains micro-alloying levels of 

elements such as silicon and aluminum. 

Steel products included in the scope 

of this order, regardless of definitions in 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTS), are products in 

which: i) iron predominates, by weight, 

over each of the other contained 

elements; ii) the carbon content is two 

percent or less, by weight; and iii) none 

of the elements listed below exceeds the 

quantity, by weight, respectively 

indicated: 

1.80 percent of manganese, or 

2.25 percent of silicon, or 

1.00 percent of copper, or 

0.50 percent of aluminum, or 

1.25 percent of chromium, or 

0.30 percent of cobalt, or 

0.40 percent of lead, or 

1.25 percent of nickel, or 

0.30 percent of tungsten, or 

0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 

0.10 percent of niobium, or 

0.15 percent of vanadium, or 

0.15 percent of zirconium. 

All products that meet the physical 

and chemical description provided 

above are within the scope of this order 

unless otherwise excluded. The 

following products, by way of example, 

are outside or specifically excluded 

from the scope of this order. 

• Alloy hot-rolled steel products in 

which at least one of the chemical 

elements exceeds those listed above 

(including, e.g., ASTM 

specifications A543, A387, A514, 

A517, A506). 

• SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and 

higher. 

• Ball bearings steels, as defined in 

the HTS. 

• Tool steels, as defined in the HTS. 

• Silico-manganese (as defined in the 

HTS) or silicon electrical steel with 

a silicon level exceeding 2.25 

percent. 

• ASTM specifications A710 and 

A736. 

• USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS 

AR 400, USS AR 500). 

• All products (proprietary or 

otherwise) based on an alloy ASTM 

specification (sample specifications: 

ASTM A506, A507). 

• Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, 

which are the result of having been 

processed by cutting or stamping 

and which have assumed the 

character of articles or products 

classified outside chapter 72 of the 

HTS. 

The merchandise subject to this order 

is currently classifiable in the HTS at 

subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 

7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 

7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 

7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 

7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 

7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60,