Opinion ID: 219036
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Commerce's Changed Circumstances Review

Text: On November 8, 2006, United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) alleged that SSI had resumed dumping and petitioned Commerce to conduct a CCR to determine whether SSI should be reinstated in the Order. Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 73 Fed.Reg. 18,766 (Dep't of Commerce Apr. 7, 2008) ( Initiation of CCR ). SSI submitted no fewer than ten letters to Commerce contesting U.S. Steel's petition on the grounds that Commerce lacked the authority to conduct a CCR to reinstate SSI in the Order. Id. at 18,767. Rejecting SSI's argument, Commerce initiated the CCR, explaining that it possessed the statutory authority to reinstate SSI in the Order and that doing so by means of a CCR is consistent with the agency's practice. See id. at 18,770. SSI then filed suit in the CIT seeking a preliminary injunction prohibiting Commerce from conducting the CCR on the ground that Commerce's actions were ultra vires. Sahaviriya Steel Indus. Pub. Co. v. United States ( SSI I ), 601 F.Supp.2d 1355, 1361 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2009). The CIT dismissed the complaint as not ripe for review. Id. at 1370. In dismissing the complaint, the CIT addressed the merits of the ultra vires claim, holding that Commerce acted within its implicit and explicit authority to adopt regulations administering the antidumping statute. Id. at 1367-68. Following SSI I, Commerce issued a final determination reinstating SSI in the Order based on the finding that SSI had resumed dumping at a margin of 9.04%. Final Results, 74 Fed. Reg. at 22,886. Following Commerce's Final Results, SSI again brought suit in the CIT, this time contesting its reinstatement in the Order under a mistake of law theory, arguing that Commerce unreasonably interpreted the governing statute. SSI II, 714 F.Supp.2d at 1273-74. The CIT held that Commerce reasonably interpreted its CCR and revocation authorities under 19 U.S.C. § 1675(b) and (d), within the Chevron framework, and accordingly affirmed Commerce's Final Results. Id. at 1277. SSI timely appealed, and this court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(5).