Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 122 / Friday, June 26, 2009 / Notices 30525 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–0408 or (202) 482– 

0649, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 29, 2001, the Department 

published the antidumping duty order 

on hot-rolled steel from Thailand. See 

Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 

Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 

Products From Thailand, 66 FR 59562 

(November 29, 2001) (Order). On 

November 3, 2008, the Department 

published the opportunity to request an 

administrative review of, inter alia, hotrolled steel from Thailand for the period 

November 1, 2007, through October 31, 

2008. See Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 73 

FR 65288 (November 3, 2008). 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(b)(1), on December 1, 2008, 

United States Steel Corporation (U.S. 

Steel or petitioner) and G Steel 

requested that we conduct an 

administrative review of G Steel’s sales 

of subject merchandise. G J Steel also 

requested that we review sales of G J 

Steel, asserting in its request the 

Department should ‘‘treat both 

companies [i.e., G Steel and G J Steel] 

as affiliated, and as affiliated producers, 

as a single entity entitled to a single 

antidumping duty rate as a result of this 

administrative review.’’ On December 

24, 2008, the Department published in 

the Federal Register a notice of 

initiation of this antidumping duty 

administrative review covering the 

period November 1, 2007, through 

October 31, 2008. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Request for 

Revocation in Part, 73 FR 79055 

(December 24, 2008). 

On January 13, 2009, the Department 

issued its antidumping questionnaire to 

G Steel and G J Steel under separate 

cover letters. On February 1, 2009, G 

Steel and G J Steel submitted a 

combined section A questionnaire 

response (Section A Response). On 

March 12, 2009, prior to the deadlines 

for the remainder of their additional 

questionnaire responses, G Steel and G 

J Steel withdrew their requests for a 

review, and asked the Department to 

rescind the review with respect to G 

Steel and G J Steel, noting that in the 

case of G J Steel no other party had 

requested a review. G Steel and G J Steel 

noted their request for withdrawal 

comes within 90 days of the publication 

of the notice of initiation. Finally, both 

companies requested the return of 

information disclosed under the 

Department’s Administrative Protective 

Order, to which request the Department 

acceded in its April 9, 2009 letter to G 

Steel and G J Steel. 

On April 7, 20, and 28, 2009, 

domestic interested parties Nucor 

Corporation (Nucor) and U.S. Steel 

submitted comments and additional 

information for the record in support of 

their position that the review should not 

be rescinded. 

Rescission of Administrative Review 

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

Secretary will rescind an administrative 

review, in whole or in part, if the parties 

that requested a review withdraw the 

request within 90 days of the date of 

publication of the notice of initiation of 

the requested review. On March 12, 

2009, G J Steel withdrew its request for 

an administrative review. G J Steel 

withdrew its request before the 90-day 

deadline, and no other party requested 

an administrative review of this 

antidumping duty order with respect to 

G J Steel for the 2007–2008 period. 

Therefore, in response to the 

withdrawal by G J Steel of its request for 

an administrative review, and pursuant 

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

rescinds the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on certain 

hot-rolled carbon steel flat products 

from Thailand with respect to G J Steel. 

As regards G Steel, the petitioner U.S. 

Steel requested a review of G Steel and 

therefore, as not all parties have 

withdrawn their requests for a review of 

G Steel, the review will continue with 

respect to G Steel. 

Assessment 

The Department will not issue 

liquidation instructions or cash deposit 

instructions with respect to G J Steel at 

this time because the Department may 

decide to ‘‘collapse’’ G Steel with G J 

Steel based upon G Steel’s request for 

the Department to collapse the two 

companies under 19 CFR 351.401(f) of 

the Department’s regulations and also 

based upon U.S. Steel’s and Nucor’s 

comments to the Department concerning 

whether G Steel and G J Steel should be 

treated as a single entity. The 

Department therefore intends to explore 

the issue of G Steel and G J Steel’s 

affiliation and the proper treatment of 

these firms in the context of the 

administrative review that is still 

ongoing with respect to G Steel. We will 

include our findings in our preliminary 

results of review with respect to G Steel. 

Accordingly, the Department expects to 

issue liquidation instructions with 

respect to G J Steel following the final 

results of the administrative review of G 

Steel. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 

CFR 351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: June 19, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–865] 

Rescission and Preliminary Rescission 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review: Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon 

Steel Flat Products from The People’s 

Republic of China 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 26, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni 

Dach or Paul Walker, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 9, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–1655 and (202) 

482–0413, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 3, 2008, the Department 

of Commerce (‘‘Department’’) published 

a notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain hot– 

rolled carbon steel flat products from 

the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) 

for the period of review (‘‘POR’’) 

November 1, 2007, through October 31, 

2008. See Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 73 

FR 65288 (November 3, 2008). On 

December 1, 2008, Nucor Corporation 

(‘‘Nucor’’), domestic producers of 

certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat 

products, requested that the Department 

conduct an administrative review of 

Baosteel Group Corporation, Shanghai 

Baosteel International Economic & 

Trading Co., Ltd., and Baoshan Iron and 

Steel Co., Ltd. (collectively ‘‘Baosteel’’). 

On December 1, 2008, ArcelorMittal 

USA, Inc. (‘‘ArcelorMittal’’), a domestic 

producer of certain hot–rolled steel flat 

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products, requested that the Department 

conduct an administrative review of 

Angang Steel Company, Ltd., Angang 

Group International Trade Corporation, 

New Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Angang 

Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd., Anshan 

Iron & Steel Group, and all affiliated 

entities (collectively ‘‘Angang’’); and 

Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation, 

Baosteel Group International Trade 

Corp., and Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., 

Ltd. (also collectively ‘‘Baosteel’’). On 

December 24, 2008, the Department 

published a notice of initiation of an 

antidumping duty administrative review 

on certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat 

products from the PRC. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Request for 

Revocation in Part, 73 FR 79055 

(December 24, 2008) (‘‘Notice of 

Initiation’’). 

On February 2, 2009, Angang 

submitted a letter stating that it had no 

sales of subject merchandise to the 

United States during the POR. On 

March 18, 2009, ArcelorMittal withdrew 

its request for review of Baosteel and 

Angang. 

On January 12, 2009, Baosteel 

submitted a letter stating that it had no 

sales of subject merchandise to the 

United States during the POR. On 

March 25, 2009, the Department 

requested additional information from 

Baosteel. On April 1, 2009, Baosteel 

submitted its response to the 

Department’s inquiry. See ‘‘Preliminary 

Rescission of Review’’ section, below. 

Scope of the Review 

For purposes of this review, the 

products covered are certain hot–rolled 

carbon steel flat 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 non–metallic 

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, of a 

width exceeding 150 mm, but not 

exceeding 1250 mm, and of a thickness 

of not less than 4.0 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 review. 

Specifically included within the 

scope of this review 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 to be included in the 

scope of this review, regardless of 

definitions in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States 

(‘‘HTSUS’’), are products in which: i) 

iron predominates, by weight, over each 

of the other contained elements; ii) the 

carbon content is 2 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, or0.50 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 

review unless otherwise excluded. The 

following products, by way of example, 

are outside or specifically excluded 

from the scope of this review: 

• Alloy hot–rolled steel products in 

which at least one of the chemical 

elements exceeds those listed above 

(including, e.g., American Society for 

Testing and Materials (‘‘ASTM’’) 

specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, 

A506). 

• Society of Automotive Engineers 

(‘‘SAE’’)/American Iron & Steel Institute 

(‘‘AISI’’) grades of series 2300 and 

higher. 

• Ball bearing steels, as defined in the 

HTSUS. 

• Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS. 

• Silico–manganese (as defined in the 

HTSUS) 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 HTSUS. 

The merchandise subject to this 

review is classified in the HTSUS 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, 

7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 

7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 

7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 

7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 

7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 

7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 

7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 

7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 

7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 

7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 

7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90. 

Certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat 

products covered by this review, 

including: vacuum degassed fully 

stabilized; high strength low alloy; and 

the substrate for motor lamination steel 

may also enter under the following tariff 

numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 

7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 

7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 

7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 

7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 

7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 

7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 

7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise 

may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 

7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 

7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 

7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and U.S. Customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise under review is 

dispositive. 

Period of Review 

The POR is November 1, 2007, 

through October 31, 2008. 

Rescission of Review 

On March 18, 2009, ArcelorMittal 

submitted a timely withdrawal of its 

request for review of Baosteel and 

Angang. As ArcelorMittal was the sole 

party requesting review of Angang, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

we are rescinding this review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain hot– 

rolled carbon steel flat products from 

the PRC for the period of November 1, 

2007, to October 31, 2008, with respect 

to Angang. The cash deposit rate for 

Angang will continue to be the rate 

established in the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding. 

The Department will instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) 

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to assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries. For Angang, 

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). 

The Department will issue appropriate 

assessment instructions directly to CBP 

15 days after publication of this notice. 

Preliminary Rescission of Review 

On January 23, February 6, and March 

6, 2009, the Department placed CBP 

data and entry documentation on the 

record of the instant review, which 

indicated that Baosteel may have 

entered subject merchandise during the 

POR. On March 25, 2009, the 

Department requested additional 

information from Baosteel regarding the 

classification of the shipments. On April 

1, 2009, Baosteel provided information 

demonstrating that the entries in 

question had been misclassified, and 

were actually shipments of merchandise 

outside the scope of this antidumping 

duty order. Upon review of Baosteel’s 

response, the Department finds that 

there is no record evidence that 

indicates Baosteel made entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR. 

Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(3) and consistent with our 

practice, we are preliminarily 

rescinding this review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain hot– 

rolled carbon steel flat products from 

the PRC for the period of November 1, 

2007, to October 31, 2008. If the 

rescission is confirmed in our final 

results, the cash deposit rate for 

Baosteel will continue to be the rate 

established in the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding. 

Interested parties may submit 

comments for consideration in the 

Department’s final results not later than 

30 days after publication of this notice. 

See 19 CFR 351.309(c). Responses to 

those comments may be submitted not 

later than five days following 

submission of the comments. See 19 

CFR 351.309(d). All written comments 

must be submitted in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.303, and must be served on 

interested parties on the Department’s 

service list in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.303(f)(3). The Department will 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 the preliminary results, 

and will publish these results in the 

Federal Register. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to importers for whom this review is 

being rescinded, as of the publication 

date of this notice, 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 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of the antidumping 

duties occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of double antidumping 

duties. 

Notification Regarding APOs 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective orders (‘‘APO’’) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 

to govern business proprietary 

information in this segment of the 

proceeding. Timely written notification 

of the return/destruction of APO 

materials or conversion to judicial 

protective order is hereby requested. 

Failure to comply with the regulations 

and terms of an APO is a violation 

which is subject to sanction. 

This notice is in accordance with 

sections 751 and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: June June 19, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duties 

Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XP71 

Notice of Availability of Draft Stock 

Assessment Reports 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS reviewed the Alaska, 

Atlantic, and Pacific regional marine 

mammal stock assessment reports 

(SARs) in accordance with the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act. SARs for 

marine mammals in the Alaska, 

Atlantic, and Pacific regions were 

revised according to new information. 

NMFS solicits public comments on draft 

2009 SARs. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

September 24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The 2009 draft stock 

assessment reports and summaries of 

them are available in electronic form via 

the Internet at http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/sars/. 

Copies of the Alaska Regional SARs 

may be requested from Robyn Angliss, 

Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, 

7600 Sand Point Way, NE BIN 15700, 

Seattle, WA 98115–0070. 

Copies of the Atlantic and Gulf of 

Mexico Regional SARs may be 

requested from Gordon Waring, 

Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 

Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543. 

Copies of the Pacific Regional SARs 

may be requested from Jim Carretta, 

Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 

8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 

92037–1508. 

Send comments or requests for copies 

of reports to: Chief, Marine Mammal 

and Sea Turtle Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910–3226, Attn: Stock Assessments. 

Comments may also be sent via 

facsimile (fax) to 301–427–2522 or via 

email to mmsar.2009@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Eagle, Office of Protected Resources, 

301–713–2322, ext. 105, e-mail 

Tom.Eagle@noaa.gov; Robyn Angliss 

206- 526–4032, e-mail 

Robyn.Angliss@noaa.gov, regarding 

Alaska regional stock assessments; 

Gordon Waring, 508–495–2311, e-mail 

Gordon.Waring@noaa.gov, regarding 

Atlantic regional stock assessments; or 

Jim Carretta, 858–546–7171, e-mail 

Jim.Carretta@noaa.gov, regarding 

Pacific regional stock assessments. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 117 of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA) (16 U.S.C. 1361 

et seq.) requires NMFS and the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service (FWS) to prepare 

stock assessments for each stock of 

marine mammals occurring in waters 

under the jurisdiction of the United 

States. These reports must contain 

information regarding the distribution 

and abundance of the stock, population 

growth rates and trends, estimates of 

annual human-caused mortality and 

serious injury from all sources, 

descriptions of the fisheries with which 

the stock interacts, and the status of the