80_FR_14997 80 FR 14943 - Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Determination

80 FR 14943 - Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Determination

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 54 (March 20, 2015)

Page Range14943-14944
FR Document2015-06485

The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of welded line pipe from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey). The period of investigation is January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-823]


Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final 
Determination With Final Antidumping 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 welded line pipe from the Republic of Turkey 
(Turkey). The period of investigation is January 1, 2013, through 
December 31, 2013. Interested parties are invited to comment on this 
preliminary determination.

DATES: Effective March 20, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood or Dennis McClure, 
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-
3874 or (202) 482-5973, respectively.

Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty (CVD) Determination With Final 
Antidumping Duty (AD) Determination

    On the same day the Department initiated this CVD investigation, 
the Department also initiated a CVD investigation of welded line pipe 
from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and AD investigations of welded line 
pipe from Korea and Turkey.\1\ The CVD and AD investigations cover the 
same merchandise. On February 27, 2015, in accordance with section 
705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act), the petitioners 
\2\ requested alignment of the final CVD determination with the final 
AD determination of welded line pipe from Turkey. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), 
we are aligning the final CVD determination with the final AD 
determination. 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 July 28, 2015, unless postponed.
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    \1\ See Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea and the 
Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigations, 79 FR 67419 (November 13, 2014) (Initiation Notice). 
See also Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea and the 
Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 79 FR 68213 (November 14, 2014).
    \2\ The petitioners in this investigation are American Cast Iron 
Pipe Company, Energex (a division of JMC Steel Group), Maverick Tube 
Corporation, Northwest Pipe Company, Stupp Corporation (a division 
of Stupp Bros., Inc.), Tex-Tube Company, TMK IPSCO, and Welspun 
Tubular LLC USA.
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Scope of the Investigation

    The scope of the investigation covers welded line pipe, which is 
carbon and alloy steel pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, 
not more than 24 inches in nominal outside diameter. For a complete 
description of the scope of the investigation, see Appendix I.

Scope Comments

    Certain interested parties commented on the scope of the 
investigation as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. For discussion 
of those comments, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
regarding ``Decision Memorandum for the Affirmative Preliminary 
Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Welded 
Line Pipe from the Republic of Turkey,'' dated concurrently with 
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this CVD investigation in accordance 
with section 701 of 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.\4\ For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \4\ See 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.
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    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).\5\ 
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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \5\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the 
name of Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS) to AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). The Web site location was 
changed from http://iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. 
The Final Rule changing the references to the Regulations can be 
found at 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).''
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Preliminary Determination and Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we 
calculated a CVD rate for each individually-investigated producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise. For companies not individually 
investigated, we have calculated an ``all others'' rate as described 
below. We preliminarily determine the countervailable subsidy rates to 
be:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                             (percent)
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Borusan Istikbal Ticaret, Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi            8.85
 ve Ticaret A.S., Borusan Mannesmann Boru Yatirim
 Holding A.S., and Borusan Holding A.S..................
Tos[ccedil]elik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S., Tosyali              3.76
 Demir Celik Sanayi A.S., Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S.,
 Tosyali Elektrik Enerjisi Toptan Satis Ith. Ihr. A.S.,
 and Tosyali Holding A.S.\6\............................

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All Others..............................................            4.36
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    In accordance with sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act, we are 
directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of 
all entries of welded line pipe from Turkey 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.
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    \6\ In its December 15, 2014, response, Toscelik stated that 
Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. merged with its cross-owned 
affiliate, Tosyali Metal Ambalaj Sanayi A.S. (Tosyali Metal). 
Because Tosyali Metal no longer exists as a separate entity, we have 
not included it in the list of companies above.
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    In accordance with sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, for 
companies not investigated, we apply an ``all others'' rate, which is 
normally calculated by weighting the subsidy rates of the individual 
companies selected as respondents by those companies' exports of the 
subject merchandise to the United States.\7\ The ``all-others'' rate 
does not include zero and de minimis rates or any rates based solely on 
the facts available.
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    \7\ See Memorandum from Elizabeth Eastwood to the File, 
``Calculation of the ``All Others'' Rate in the Preliminary 
Determination of the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Welded 
Line Pipe from the Republic of Turkey,'' dated March 16, 2015, for 
the details of this calculation. We calculated a weighted average of 
the rates of Borusan Istikbal Ticaret, Borusan Mannesmann Boru 
Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Borusan Mannesmann Boru Yatirim Holding 
A.S., and Borusan Holding A.S (collectively, Borusan) and Toscelik 
Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S., Tosyali Demir Celik Sanayi A.S., 
Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S,, Tosyali Elektrik Enerjisi Toptan Satis 
Ith. Ihr. A.S., and Tosyali Holding A.S. (collectively, Toscelik) 
using publicly-ranged data so as not to disclose the respondents' 
business proprietary information.
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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.

U.S. International Trade Commission

    In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, we will notify the 
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) of our determination. In 
addition, we are making available to the ITC all non-privileged 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.

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.\8\ 
Interested parties may submit case briefs, rebuttal briefs, and hearing 
requests.\9\ For a schedule of the deadlines for filing case briefs, 
rebuttal briefs, and hearing requests, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)-(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
703(f) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

     Dated: March 16, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is circular welded 
carbon and alloy steel (other than stainless steel) pipe of a kind 
used for oil or gas pipelines (welded line pipe), not more than 24 
inches in nominal outside diameter, regardless of wall thickness, 
length, surface finish, end finish, or stenciling. Welded line pipe 
is normally produced to the American Petroleum Institute (API) 
specification 5L, but can be produced to comparable foreign 
specifications, to proprietary grades, or can be non-graded 
material. All pipe meeting the physical description set forth above, 
including multiple-stenciled pipe with an API or comparable foreign 
specification line pipe stencil is covered by the scope of this 
investigation.
    The welded line pipe that is subject to this investigation is 
currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.5000, 
7305.12.1030, 7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.5000, 
7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, and 7306.19.5150. The 
subject merchandise may also enter in HTSUS 7305.11.1060 and 
7305.12.1060. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of this investigation is dispositive.

Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope Comments
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Injury Test
VI. Subsidies Valuation
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. ITC Notification
IX. Disclosure and Public Comment
X. Verification
XI. Conclusion

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                                                  technology, e.g., permitting electronic                                Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution                                  Methodology
                                                  submission of responses.                                               Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
                                                    Comments submitted in response to                                    telephone: (202) 482–3874 or (202) 482–                                    The Department is conducting this
                                                  this notice will be summarized or                                      5973, respectively.                                                     CVD investigation in accordance with
                                                  included in the request for OMB                                                                                                                section 701 of the Act. For each of the
                                                  approval of this information collection;                               Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty                                  subsidy programs found
                                                  they will also become a matter of public                               (CVD) Determination With Final                                          countervailable, we preliminarily
                                                  record.                                                                Antidumping Duty (AD) Determination                                     determine that there is a subsidy (i.e., a
                                                    Dated: March 13, 2015.                                                  On the same day the Department                                       financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’
                                                  Marcie Lovett,                                                         initiated this CVD investigation, the                                   that gives rise to a benefit to the
                                                  Records Management Division Director,                                  Department also initiated a CVD                                         recipient) and that the subsidy is
                                                  USPTO, Office of the Chief Information                                 investigation of welded line pipe from                                  specific.4 For a full description of the
                                                  Officer.                                                               the Republic of Korea (Korea) and AD                                    methodology underlying our
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–06461 Filed 3–19–15; 8:45 am]                            investigations of welded line pipe from                                 preliminary conclusions, see the
                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–16–P                                                 Korea and Turkey.1 The CVD and AD                                       Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
                                                                                                                         investigations cover the same                                              The Preliminary Decision
                                                                                                                         merchandise. On February 27, 2015, in                                   Memorandum is a public document and
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                                 accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the                                is on file electronically via Enforcement
                                                                                                                         Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act), the                               and Compliance’s Antidumping and
                                                  International Trade Administration                                     petitioners 2 requested alignment of the                                Countervailing Duty Centralized
                                                  [C–489–823]                                                            final CVD determination with the final                                  Electronic Service System (ACCESS).5
                                                                                                                         AD determination of welded line pipe                                    ACCESS is available to registered users
                                                  Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of                                  from Turkey. Therefore, in accordance                                   at http://access.trade.gov, and is
                                                  Turkey: Preliminary Affirmative                                        with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19                                available to all parties in the Central
                                                  Countervailing Duty Determination and                                  CFR 351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the                                  Records Unit, room 7046 of the main
                                                  Alignment of Final Determination With                                  final CVD determination with the final
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Department of Commerce building. In
                                                  Final Antidumping Determination                                        AD determination. Consequently, the
                                                                                                                                                                                                 addition, a complete version of the
                                                                                                                         final CVD determination will be issued
                                                  AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                                                                                                           Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
                                                                                                                         on the same date as the final AD
                                                  International Trade Administration,                                                                                                            be accessed directly at http://
                                                                                                                         determination, which is currently
                                                  Department of Commerce.                                                                                                                        enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
                                                                                                                         scheduled to be issued no later than July
                                                  SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                                    28, 2015, unless postponed.                                             Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
                                                  (the Department) preliminarily                                                                                                                 the electronic versions of the
                                                  determines that countervailable                                        Scope of the Investigation                                              Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
                                                  subsidies are being provided to                                           The scope of the investigation covers                                identical in content.
                                                  producers and exporters of welded line                                 welded line pipe, which is carbon and
                                                  pipe from the Republic of Turkey                                                                                                               Preliminary Determination and
                                                                                                                         alloy steel pipe of a kind used for oil or                              Suspension of Liquidation
                                                  (Turkey). The period of investigation is                               gas pipelines, not more than 24 inches
                                                  January 1, 2013, through December 31,                                  in nominal outside diameter. For a                                        In accordance with section
                                                  2013. Interested parties are invited to                                complete description of the scope of the                                703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we calculated
                                                  comment on this preliminary                                            investigation, see Appendix I.                                          a CVD rate for each individually-
                                                  determination.                                                                                                                                 investigated producer/exporter of the
                                                  DATES: Effective March 20, 2015.
                                                                                                                         Scope Comments
                                                                                                                                                                                                 subject merchandise. For companies not
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                         Certain interested parties commented                                  individually investigated, we have
                                                  Elizabeth Eastwood or Dennis McClure,                                  on the scope of the investigation as it                                 calculated an ‘‘all others’’ rate as
                                                  AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and                                     appeared in the Initiation Notice. For                                  described below. We preliminarily
                                                  Compliance, International Trade                                        discussion of those comments, see the                                   determine the countervailable subsidy
                                                  Administration, U.S. Department of                                     Preliminary Decision Memorandum.3                                       rates to be:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Subsidy rate
                                                                                                                                        Company                                                                                                 (percent)

                                                  Borusan Istikbal Ticaret, Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Borusan Mannesmann Boru Yatirim Holding A.S.,
                                                    and Borusan Holding A.S ................................................................................................................................................................            8.85
                                                  Tosçelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S., Tosyali Demir Celik Sanayi A.S., Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S., Tosyali Elektrik Enerjisi Toptan
                                                    Satis Ith. Ihr. A.S., and Tosyali Holding A.S.6 .................................................................................................................................                   3.76

                                                    1 See Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of                          Tube Company, TMK IPSCO, and Welspun Tubular                            of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
                                                  Korea and the Republic of Turkey: Initiation of                        LLC USA.                                                                the Act regarding specificity.
                                                                                                                           3 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
                                                  Countervailing Duty Investigations, 79 FR 67419                                                                                                  5 On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and
                                                  (November 13, 2014) (Initiation Notice). See also                      Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and                                 Compliance changed the name of Enforcement and
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                                                  Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea and                        Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Compliance’s AD and CVD Centralized Electronic
                                                  the Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-                  Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
                                                                                                                         Compliance, regarding ‘‘Decision Memorandum for                         Service System (IA ACCESS) to AD and CVD
                                                  Value Investigations, 79 FR 68213 (November 14,                                                                                                Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
                                                                                                                         the Affirmative Preliminary Determination in the
                                                  2014).                                                                 Countervailing Duty Investigation of Welded Line                        The Web site location was changed from http://
                                                    2 The petitioners in this investigation are
                                                                                                                         Pipe from the Republic of Turkey,’’ dated                               iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. The
                                                  American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Energex (a                            concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision                     Final Rule changing the references to the
                                                  division of JMC Steel Group), Maverick Tube                            Memorandum).                                                            Regulations can be found at 79 FR 69046
                                                  Corporation, Northwest Pipe Company, Stupp                               4 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
                                                                                                                                                                                                 (November 20, 2014).’’
                                                  Corporation (a division of Stupp Bros., Inc.), Tex-                    regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)



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                                                                                                                                              Company                                                                                                         (percent)

                                                  All Others .............................................................................................................................................................................................            4.36



                                                     In accordance with sections                                              provided the ITC confirms that it will                                       may also enter in HTSUS 7305.11.1060 and
                                                  703(d)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act, we are                                     not disclose such information, either                                        7305.12.1060. While the HTSUS subheadings
                                                  directing U.S. Customs and Border                                           publicly or under an administrative                                          are provided for convenience and customs
                                                                                                                                                                                                           purposes, the written description of the
                                                  Protection to suspend liquidation of all                                    protective order, without the written
                                                                                                                                                                                                           scope of this investigation is dispositive.
                                                  entries of welded line pipe from Turkey                                     consent of the Assistant Secretary for
                                                  that are entered, or withdrawn from                                         Enforcement and Compliance.                                                  Appendix II
                                                  warehouse, for consumption on or after                                         In accordance with section 705(b)(2)                                      List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
                                                  the date of the publication of this notice                                  of the Act, if our final determination is                                    Decision Memorandum
                                                  in the Federal Register, and to require                                     affirmative, the ITC will make its final
                                                                                                                                                                                                           I. Summary
                                                  a cash deposit for such entries of                                          determination within 45 days after the                                       II. Background
                                                  merchandise in the amounts indicated                                        Department makes its final                                                   III. Scope Comments
                                                  above.                                                                      determination.                                                               IV. Scope of the Investigation
                                                     In accordance with sections 703(d)                                       Disclosure and Public Comment                                                V. Injury Test
                                                  and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, for                                                                                                                         VI. Subsidies Valuation
                                                  companies not investigated, we apply                                          The Department intends to disclose to                                      VII. Analysis of Programs
                                                  an ‘‘all others’’ rate, which is normally                                   interested parties the calculations                                          VIII. ITC Notification
                                                                                                                              performed in connection with this                                            IX. Disclosure and Public Comment
                                                  calculated by weighting the subsidy
                                                                                                                              preliminary determination within five                                        X. Verification
                                                  rates of the individual companies                                                                                                                        XI. Conclusion
                                                  selected as respondents by those                                            days of its public announcement.8
                                                                                                                              Interested parties may submit case                                           [FR Doc. 2015–06485 Filed 3–19–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  companies’ exports of the subject
                                                  merchandise to the United States.7 The                                      briefs, rebuttal briefs, and hearing                                         BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

                                                  ‘‘all-others’’ rate does not include zero                                   requests.9 For a schedule of the
                                                  and de minimis rates or any rates based                                     deadlines for filing case briefs, rebuttal
                                                                                                                              briefs, and hearing requests, see the                                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                  solely on the facts available.
                                                                                                                              Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
                                                  Verification                                                                  This determination is issued and                                           National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                                                                                              published pursuant to sections 703(f)                                        Administration
                                                    As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the
                                                  Act, we intend to verify the information                                    and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR                                             [Docket No. 150224177–5177–01]
                                                  submitted by the respondents prior to                                       351.205(c).
                                                                                                                                                                                                           RIN 0648–XD798
                                                  making our final determination.                                               Dated: March 16, 2015.
                                                  U.S. International Trade Commission                                         Paul Piquado,                                                                Availability of Draft NOAA Education
                                                                                                                              Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and                                      Strategic Plan
                                                    In accordance with section 703(f) of                                      Compliance.
                                                  the Act, we will notify the U.S.                                                                                                                         AGENCY: National Oceanic and
                                                  International Trade Commission (ITC) of                                     Appendix I                                                                   Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                  our determination. In addition, we are                                                                                                                   Department of Commerce.
                                                                                                                              Scope of the Investigation
                                                  making available to the ITC all non-                                                                                                                     ACTION: Notice and request for
                                                                                                                                 The merchandise covered by this
                                                  privileged and non-proprietary                                              investigation is circular welded carbon and
                                                                                                                                                                                                           comments.
                                                  information relating to this                                                alloy steel (other than stainless steel) pipe of                             SUMMARY:   The National Oceanic and
                                                  investigation. We will allow the ITC                                        a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (welded
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
                                                  access to all privileged and business                                       line pipe), not more than 24 inches in
                                                                                                                              nominal outside diameter, regardless of wall                                 publishes this notice to solicit
                                                  proprietary information in our files,
                                                                                                                              thickness, length, surface finish, end finish,                               comments on the draft NOAA Education
                                                    6 In its December 15, 2014, response, Toscelik                            or stenciling. Welded line pipe is normally                                  Strategic Plan (Plan). NOAA received
                                                  stated that Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S.                          produced to the American Petroleum                                           broad legislative authority from
                                                  merged with its cross-owned affiliate, Tosyali Metal                        Institute (API) specification 5L, but can be                                 Congress through the America
                                                  Ambalaj Sanayi A.S. (Tosyali Metal). Because                                produced to comparable foreign                                               COMPETES Act (2007, 2010) to
                                                  Tosyali Metal no longer exists as a separate entity,                        specifications, to proprietary grades, or can                                conduct, develop, support, promote,
                                                  we have not included it in the list of companies                            be non-graded material. All pipe meeting the
                                                  above.                                                                                                                                                   and coordinate formal and informal
                                                                                                                              physical description set forth above,
                                                    7 See Memorandum from Elizabeth Eastwood to
                                                                                                                              including multiple-stenciled pipe with an                                    education activities at all levels to
                                                  the File, ‘‘Calculation of the ‘‘All Others’’ Rate in                       API or comparable foreign specification line                                 enhance public awareness and
                                                  the Preliminary Determination of the                                        pipe stencil is covered by the scope of this                                 understanding of ocean, coastal, Great
                                                  Countervailing Duty Investigation of Welded Line
                                                  Pipe from the Republic of Turkey,’’ dated March 16,
                                                                                                                              investigation.                                                               Lakes, and atmospheric science and
                                                  2015, for the details of this calculation. We                                  The welded line pipe that is subject to this                              stewardship by the general public and
                                                  calculated a weighted average of the rates of                               investigation is currently classifiable in the                               other coastal stakeholders, including
                                                  Borusan Istikbal Ticaret, Borusan Mannesmann                                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
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                                                                                                                                                                                                           underrepresented groups in ocean and
                                                  Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Borusan Mannesmann                             States (HTSUS) under subheadings
                                                  Boru Yatirim Holding A.S., and Borusan Holding
                                                                                                                                                                                                           atmospheric science and policy careers.
                                                                                                                              7305.11.1030, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030,
                                                  A.S (collectively, Borusan) and Toscelik Profil ve                          7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.5000,                                    The revision of the Plan establishes the
                                                  Sac Endustrisi A.S., Tosyali Demir Celik Sanayi                             7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110,                                    goals for NOAA education programs for
                                                  A.S., Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S,, Tosyali Elektrik                            and 7306.19.5150. The subject merchandise                                    the next twenty years with revisions to
                                                  Enerjisi Toptan Satis Ith. Ihr. A.S., and Tosyali
                                                  Holding A.S. (collectively, Toscelik) using publicly-
                                                                                                                                                                                                           the Plan every five years. NOAA is
                                                  ranged data so as not to disclose the respondents’                             8 See   19 CFR 351.224(b).                                                seeking broad public review of the
                                                  business proprietary information.                                              9 See   19 CFR 351.309(c)–(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c).                         NOAA Education Strategic Plan, and


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DatesEffective March 20, 2015.
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