80 FR 17719 - Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review, and Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order in Part
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 63 (April 2, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 17719-17721] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-07601] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-570-890] Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review, and Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order in Part AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: Based on a request from Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc. (``Pier 1''), the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') is initiating a changed circumstances review to consider the possible revocation, in part, of the antidumping duty (``AD'') order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') with respect to jewelry armoires that have at least one front door. DATES: Effective April 2, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Smith or Valerie Ellis, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 5193 or (202) 482-4551, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On January 4, 2005, the Department published the Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 329 (January 4, 2005). On February 13, 2015, Pier 1, an importer of the subject merchandise, requested revocation, in part, of the AD order pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'') and section 351.216(b) of the Department's regulations, with respect to certain jewelry armoires with at least one front door. The scope of the order currently excludes certain jewelry armoires with at least one side door but does not exclude jewelry armoires with at least one front door. Pier 1 proposes adding the phrase ``or at least one front door'' to the existing exclusion for jewelry armoires. On March 11, 2015, the American Furniture Manufacturers Committee for Legal Trade and Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company, Inc. (collectively, ``Petitioners'') stated that they agree with the scope exclusion language proposed by Pier 1.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See March 11, 2015 letter from Petitioners Re: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From The People's Republic of China/Petitioners' Response to Pier 1 Imports' Letter of February 13, 2015 (``Petitioners agree with the proposed amendment.''). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Order The product covered by the order is wooden bedroom furniture. Wooden bedroom furniture is generally, but not exclusively, designed, manufactured, and offered for sale in coordinated groups, or bedrooms, in which all of the individual pieces are of approximately the same style and approximately the same material and/or finish. The subject merchandise is made substantially of wood products, including both solid wood and also engineered wood products made from wood particles, fibers, or other wooden materials such as plywood, strand board, particle board, and fiberboard, with or without wood veneers, wood overlays, or laminates, with or without non-wood components or trim such as metal, marble, leather, glass, plastic, or other resins, and whether or not assembled, completed, or finished. The subject merchandise includes the following items: (1) Wooden beds such as loft beds, bunk beds, and other beds; (2) wooden headboards for beds (whether stand-alone or attached to side rails), wooden footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden canopies for beds; (3) night tables, night stands, dressers, commodes, bureaus, mule chests, gentlemen's chests, bachelor's chests, lingerie chests, wardrobes, vanities, chessers, chifforobes, and wardrobe-type cabinets; (4) dressers with framed glass mirrors that are attached to, incorporated in, sit on, or hang over the dresser; (5) chests-on- chests,\2\ highboys,\3\ lowboys,\4\ chests of drawers,\5\ chests,\6\ door chests,\7\ [[Page 17720]] chiffoniers,\8\ hutches,\9\ and armoires;\10\ (6) desks, computer stands, filing cabinets, book cases, or writing tables that are attached to or incorporated in the subject merchandise; and (7) other bedroom furniture consistent with the above list. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ A chest-on-chest is typically a tall chest-of-drawers in two or more sections (or appearing to be in two or more sections), with one or two sections mounted (or appearing to be mounted) on a slightly larger chest; also known as a tallboy. \3\ A highboy is typically a tall chest of drawers usually composed of a base and a top section with drawers, and supported on four legs or a small chest (often 15 inches or more in height). \4\ A lowboy is typically a short chest of drawers, not more than four feet high, normally set on short legs. \5\ A chest of drawers is typically a case containing drawers for storing clothing. \6\ A chest is typically a case piece taller than it is wide featuring a series of drawers and with or without one or more doors for storing clothing. The piece can either include drawers or be designed as a large box incorporating a lid. \7\ A door chest is typically a chest with hinged doors to store clothing, whether or not containing drawers. The piece may also include shelves for televisions and other entertainment electronics. \8\ A chiffonier is typically a tall and narrow chest of drawers normally used for storing undergarments and lingerie, often with mirror(s) attached. \9\ A hutch is typically an open case of furniture with shelves that typically sits on another piece of furniture and provides storage for clothes. \10\ An armoire is typically a tall cabinet or wardrobe (typically 50 inches or taller), with doors, and with one or more drawers (either exterior below or above the doors or interior behind the doors), shelves, and/or garment rods or other apparatus for storing clothes. Bedroom armoires may also be used to hold television receivers and/or other audio-visual entertainment systems. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The scope of the order excludes the following items: (1) Seats, chairs, benches, couches, sofas, sofa beds, stools, and other seating furniture; (2) mattresses, mattress supports (including box springs), infant cribs, water beds, and futon frames; (3) office furniture, such as desks, stand-up desks, computer cabinets, filing cabinets, credenzas, and bookcases; (4) dining room or kitchen furniture such as dining tables, chairs, servers, sideboards, buffets, corner cabinets, china cabinets, and china hutches; (5) other non-bedroom furniture, such as television cabinets, cocktail tables, end tables, occasional tables, wall systems, book cases, and entertainment systems; (6) bedroom furniture made primarily of wicker, cane, osier, bamboo or rattan; (7) side rails for beds made of metal if sold separately from the headboard and footboard; (8) bedroom furniture in which bentwood parts predominate; \11\ (9) jewelry armories; \12\ (10) cheval mirrors; \13\ (11) certain metal parts; \14\ (12) mirrors that do not attach to, incorporate in, sit on, or hang over a dresser if they are not designed and marketed to be sold in conjunction with a dresser as part of a dresser-mirror set; (13) upholstered beds; \15\ and (14) toy boxes.\16\ Also excluded from the scope are certain enclosable wall bed units, also referred to as murphy beds, which are composed of the following three major sections: (1) A metal wall frame, which attaches to the wall and uses coils or pistons to support the metal mattress frame; (2) a metal frame, which has euro slats for supporting a mattress and two legs that pivot; and (3) wood panels, which attach to the metal wall frame and/or the metal mattress frame to form a cabinet to enclose the wall bed when not in use. Excluded enclosable wall bed units are imported in ready-to-assemble format with all parts necessary for assembly. Enclosable wall bed units do not include a mattress. Wood panels of enclosable wall bed units, when imported separately, remain subject to the order. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ As used herein, bentwood means solid wood made pliable. Bentwood is wood that is brought to a curved shape by bending it while made pliable with moist heat or other agency and then set by cooling or drying. See CBP's Headquarters Ruling Letter 043859, dated May 17, 1976. \12\ Any armoire, cabinet or other accent item for the purpose of storing jewelry, not to exceed 24 inches in width, 18 inches in depth, and 49 inches in height, including a minimum of 5 lined drawers lined with felt or felt-like material, at least one side door (whether or not the door is lined with felt or felt-like material), with necklace hangers, and a flip-top lid with inset mirror. See Issues and Decision Memorandum from Laurel LaCivita to Laurie Parkhill, Office Director, concerning ``Jewelry Armoires and Cheval Mirrors in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China,'' dated August 31, 2004. See also Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: Final Changed Circumstances Review, and Determination To Revoke Order in Part, 71 FR 38621 (July 7, 2006). \13\ Cheval mirrors are any framed, tiltable mirror with a height in excess of 50 inches that is mounted on a floor-standing, hinged base. Additionally, the scope of the order excludes combination cheval mirror/jewelry cabinets. The excluded merchandise is an integrated piece consisting of a cheval mirror, i.e., a framed tiltable mirror with a height in excess of 50 inches, mounted on a floor-standing, hinged base, the cheval mirror serving as a door to a cabinet back that is integral to the structure of the mirror and which constitutes a jewelry cabinet line with fabric, having necklace and bracelet hooks, mountings for rings and shelves, with or without a working lock and key to secure the contents of the jewelry cabinet back to the cheval mirror, and no drawers anywhere on the integrated piece. The fully assembled piece must be at least 50 inches in height, 14.5 inches in width, and 3 inches in depth. See Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: Final Changed Circumstances Review and Determination To Revoke Order in Part, 72 FR 948 (January 9, 2007). \14\ Metal furniture parts and unfinished furniture parts made of wood products (as defined above) that are not otherwise specifically named in this scope (i.e., wooden headboards for beds, wooden footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden canopies for beds) and that do not possess the essential character of wooden bedroom furniture in an unassembled, incomplete, or unfinished form. Such parts are usually classified under HTSUS subheadings 9403.90.7005, 9403.90.7010, or 9403.90.7080. \15\ Upholstered beds that are completely upholstered, i.e., containing filling material and completely covered in sewn genuine leather, synthetic leather, or natural or synthetic decorative fabric. To be excluded, the entire bed (headboards, footboards, and side rails) must be upholstered except for bed feet, which may be of wood, metal, or any other material and which are no more than nine inches in height from the floor. See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Determination to Revoke Order in Part, 72 FR 7013 (February 14, 2007). \16\ To be excluded the toy box must: (1) Be wider than it is tall; (2) have dimensions within 16 inches to 27 inches in height, 15 inches to 18 inches in depth, and 21 inches to 30 inches in width; (3) have a hinged lid that encompasses the entire top of the box; (4) not incorporate any doors or drawers; (5) have slow-closing safety hinges; (6) have air vents; (7) have no locking mechanism; and (8) comply with American Society for Testing and Materials (``ASTM'') standard F963-03. Toy boxes are boxes generally designed for the purpose of storing children's items such as toys, books, and playthings. See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Determination to Revoke Order in Part, 74 FR 8506 (February 25, 2009). Further, as determined in the scope ruling memorandum ``Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Scope Ruling on a White Toy Box,'' dated July 6, 2009, the dimensional ranges used to identify the toy boxes that are excluded from the wooden bedroom furniture order apply to the box itself rather than the lid. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imports of subject merchandise are classified under subheadings 9403.50.9042 and 9403.50.9045 of the HTSUS as ``wooden . . . beds'' and under subheading 9403.50.9080 of the HTSUS as ``other . . . wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom.'' In addition, wooden headboards for beds, wooden footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden canopies for beds may also be entered under subheading 9403.50.9042 or 9403.50.9045 of the HTSUS as ``parts of wood.'' Subject merchandise may also be entered under subheadings 9403.50.9041, 9403.60.8081, 9403.20.0018, or 9403.90.8041. Further, framed glass mirrors may be entered under subheading 7009.92.1000 or 7009.92.5000 of the HTSUS as ``glass mirrors . . . framed.'' The order covers all wooden bedroom furniture meeting the above description, regardless of tariff classification. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive. Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review, and Consideration of Revocation of the Order in Part Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Act, the Department will conduct a changed circumstances review upon receipt of a request from an interested party \17\ which shows changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of an order.\18\ Based on the information provided by Pier 1, the Department has determined that there exist changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a changed circumstances review of the [[Page 17721]] AD order on wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC.\19\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \17\ Pier 1stated in its March 16, 2015 entry of appearance that it is an importer of the jewelry armoires that are currently subject to this order, and as such is an interested party pursuant to 19 CFR 351.102(a)(29)(ii). \18\ See 19 CFR 351.216. \19\ See section 751(b) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that the Department may revoke an order (in whole or in part) if it determines that producers accounting for substantially all of the production of the domestic like product have expressed a lack of interest in the order, in whole or in part. In addition, in the event the Department determines that expedited action is warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii) permits the Department to combine the notices of initiation and preliminary results. In its administrative practice, the Department has interpreted ``substantially all'' to mean producers accounting for at least 85 percent of the total U.S. production of the domestic like product covered by the order.\20\ Petitioners state that they agree with the exclusion request, however, because Petitioners did not indicate whether they account for substantially all of the domestic production of wooden bedroom furniture, we are providing interested parties with the opportunity to address the issue of domestic industry support with respect to this proposed partial revocation of the order, and we are not combining this notice of initiation with a preliminary determination pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). As explained below, this notice of initiation will afford all interested parties an opportunity to address the proposed partial revocation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \20\ See, e.g., Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, and Intent To Revoke Order in Part, 77 FR 42276 (July 18, 2012) (Pencils), unchanged in Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, and Determination To Revoke Order, in Part, 77 FR 53176 (August 31, 2012). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Comment Interested parties are invited to provide comments and/or factual information regarding this changed circumstances review, including comments concerning industry support. Comments and factual information may be submitted to the Department no later than 14 days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal comments and rebuttal factual information may be filed with the Department no later than 10 days after the comments and/or factual information are filed.\21\ All submissions must be filed electronically using Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).\22\ An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due dates set forth in this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \21\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). \22\ See, generally, 19 CFR 351.303. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Department will issue the preliminary results of this changed circumstances review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), which will set forth the factual and legal conclusions upon which the preliminary results are based, and a description of any action proposed because of those results. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested parties will have an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of the review. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(e), the Department will issue the final results of its AD changed circumstance review within 270 days after the date on which the review is initiated. This initiation is published in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(1). Dated: March 26, 2015. Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. 2015-07601 Filed 4-1-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE CODE 3510-DS-P
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acquisition from the Denied Person of DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE that they agree with the scope exclusion
any item subject to the Regulations that language proposed by Pier 1.1
has been exported from the United International Trade Administration
Scope of the Order
States;
[A–570–890] The product covered by the order is
D. Obtain from the Denied Person in
wooden bedroom furniture. Wooden
the United States any item subject to the bedroom furniture is generally, but not
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
Regulations with knowledge or reason People’s Republic of China: Notice of exclusively, designed, manufactured,
to know that the item will be, or is Initiation of Changed Circumstances and offered for sale in coordinated
intended to be, exported from the Review, and Consideration of groups, or bedrooms, in which all of the
United States; or Revocation of the Antidumping Duty individual pieces are of approximately
E. Engage in any transaction to service Order in Part the same style and approximately the
any item subject to the Regulations that same material and/or finish. The subject
has been or will be exported from the AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, merchandise is made substantially of
United States and which is owned, International Trade Administration, wood products, including both solid
possessed or controlled by the Denied Department of Commerce. wood and also engineered wood
Person, or service any item, of whatever SUMMARY: Based on a request from Pier products made from wood particles,
origin, that is owned, possessed or 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc. (‘‘Pier 1’’), the fibers, or other wooden materials such
controlled by the Denied Person if such Department of Commerce (the as plywood, strand board, particle
service involves the use of any item ‘‘Department’’) is initiating a changed board, and fiberboard, with or without
subject to the Regulations that has been circumstances review to consider the wood veneers, wood overlays, or
possible revocation, in part, of the laminates, with or without non-wood
or will be exported from the United
antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’) order on components or trim such as metal,
States. For purposes of this paragraph,
wooden bedroom furniture from the marble, leather, glass, plastic, or other
servicing means installation,
People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) resins, and whether or not assembled,
maintenance, repair, modification or completed, or finished.
with respect to jewelry armoires that
testing. The subject merchandise includes the
have at least one front door.
Third, after notice and opportunity for following items: (1) Wooden beds such
DATES: Effective April 2, 2015.
comment as provided in Section 766.23 as loft beds, bunk beds, and other beds;
of the Regulations, any other person, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (2) wooden headboards for beds
firm, corporation, or business Howard Smith or Valerie Ellis, AD/CVD (whether stand-alone or attached to side
organization related to Castaneda by Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and rails), wooden footboards for beds,
ownership, control, position of Compliance, International Trade wooden side rails for beds, and wooden
responsibility, affiliation, or other Administration, U.S. Department of canopies for beds; (3) night tables, night
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution stands, dressers, commodes, bureaus,
connection in the conduct of trade or
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; mule chests, gentlemen’s chests,
business may also be made subject to
telephone: (202) 482–5193 or (202) 482– bachelor’s chests, lingerie chests,
the provisions of this Order in order to
4551, respectively. wardrobes, vanities, chessers,
prevent evasion of this Order.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: chifforobes, and wardrobe-type cabinets;
Fourth, in accordance with Part 756 of (4) dressers with framed glass mirrors
the Regulations, Castaneda may file an Background that are attached to, incorporated in, sit
appeal of this Order with the Under On January 4, 2005, the Department on, or hang over the dresser; (5) chests-
Secretary of Commerce for Industry and published the Notice of Amended Final on-chests,2 highboys,3 lowboys,4 chests
Security. The appeal must be filed Determination of Sales at Less Than of drawers,5 chests,6 door chests,7
within 45 days from the date of this Fair Value and Antidumping Duty
Order and must comply with the Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture 1 See March 11, 2015 letter from Petitioners Re:
provisions of Part 756 of the From the People’s Republic of China, 70 Wooden Bedroom Furniture From The People’s
Regulations. Republic of China/Petitioners’ Response to Pier 1
FR 329 (January 4, 2005). On February Imports’ Letter of February 13, 2015 (‘‘Petitioners
Fifth, a copy of this Order shall be 13, 2015, Pier 1, an importer of the agree with the proposed amendment.’’).
delivered to the Castaneda. This Order subject merchandise, requested 2 A chest-on-chest is typically a tall chest-of-
shall be published in the Federal revocation, in part, of the AD order drawers in two or more sections (or appearing to be
pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the in two or more sections), with one or two sections
Register. mounted (or appearing to be mounted) on a slightly
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the larger chest; also known as a tallboy.
Sixth, this Order is effective Act’’) and section 351.216(b) of the 3 A highboy is typically a tall chest of drawers
immediately and shall remain in effect Department’s regulations, with respect usually composed of a base and a top section with
until December 18, 2022. to certain jewelry armoires with at least drawers, and supported on four legs or a small chest
(often 15 inches or more in height).
Issued this 26th day of March, 2015. one front door. The scope of the order 4 A lowboy is typically a short chest of drawers,
Thomas Andrukonis, currently excludes certain jewelry not more than four feet high, normally set on short
armoires with at least one side door but legs.
Acting Director, Office of Exporter Services
.
does not exclude jewelry armoires with 5 A chest of drawers is typically a case containing
at least one front door. Pier 1 proposes drawers for storing clothing.
[FR Doc. 2015–07641 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] 6 A chest is typically a case piece taller than it
adding the phrase ‘‘or at least one front
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BILLING CODE CODE P is wide featuring a series of drawers and with or
door’’ to the existing exclusion for without one or more doors for storing clothing. The
jewelry armoires. On March 11, 2015, piece can either include drawers or be designed as
the American Furniture Manufacturers a large box incorporating a lid.
7 A door chest is typically a chest with hinged
Committee for Legal Trade and
doors to store clothing, whether or not containing
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company, drawers. The piece may also include shelves for
Inc. (collectively, ‘‘Petitioners’’) stated televisions and other entertainment electronics.
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AD order on wooden bedroom furniture System (ACCESS).22 An electronically These documents are also available
from the PRC.19 filed document must be received upon written request or by appointment
Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 successfully in its entirety by ACCESS, in the Permits and Conservation
CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that the by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due dates Division, Office of Protected Resources,
Department may revoke an order (in set forth in this notice. NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
whole or in part) if it determines that The Department will issue the 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
producers accounting for substantially preliminary results of this changed (301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
all of the production of the domestic circumstances review, in accordance Written comments on this application
like product have expressed a lack of with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), which will should be submitted to the Chief,
interest in the order, in whole or in part. set forth the factual and legal Permits and Conservation Division, at
In addition, in the event the Department conclusions upon which the the address listed above. Comments may
determines that expedited action is preliminary results are based, and a also be submitted by facsimile to (301)
warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii) description of any action proposed 713–0376, or by email to
permits the Department to combine the because of those results. Pursuant to 19 NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please
notices of initiation and preliminary CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested parties include the File No. in the subject line
results. In its administrative practice, will have an opportunity to comment on of the email comment.
the Department has interpreted the preliminary results of the review. In Those individuals requesting a public
‘‘substantially all’’ to mean producers accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(e), the hearing should submit a written request
accounting for at least 85 percent of the Department will issue the final results to the Chief, Permits and Conservation
total U.S. production of the domestic of its AD changed circumstance review Division at the address listed above. The
like product covered by the order.20 within 270 days after the date on which request should set forth the specific
Petitioners state that they agree with the the review is initiated. reasons why a hearing on this
exclusion request, however, because This initiation is published in application would be appropriate.
Petitioners did not indicate whether accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
they account for substantially all of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(1).
Amy Hapeman or Carrie Hubard, (301)
domestic production of wooden Dated: March 26, 2015. 427–8401.
bedroom furniture, we are providing Gary Taverman, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
interested parties with the opportunity Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
to address the issue of domestic subject amendment to Permit No.
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 14856–02 is requested under the
industry support with respect to this Operations.
proposed partial revocation of the order, authority of the Marine Mammal
[FR Doc. 2015–07601 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16
and we are not combining this notice of
initiation with a preliminary
BILLING CODE CODE 3510–DS–P U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations
determination pursuant to 19 CFR governing the taking and importing of
351.221(c)(3)(ii). As explained below, marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
this notice of initiation will afford all
interested parties an opportunity to National Oceanic and Atmospheric amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and
address the proposed partial revocation. Administration the regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered
Public Comment RIN 0648–XB157 and threatened species (50 CFR parts
Interested parties are invited to 222–226).
Marine Mammals; File No. 14856 Permit No. 14856–02, first issued on
provide comments and/or factual
information regarding this changed AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries December 18, 2013 (79 FR 3346),
circumstances review, including Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and authorizes Dr. Mate to take 66 species of
comments concerning industry support. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), cetaceans and 12 species of pinnipeds
Comments and factual information may Commerce. in U.S. and international waters
be submitted to the Department no later ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for worldwide for scientific research. The
than 14 days after the date of permit amendment. purposes of the research are to: (1)
publication of this notice. Rebuttal Identify migration routes; (2) identify
comments and rebuttal factual SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that specific feeding and breeding grounds
information may be filed with the Bruce R. Mate, Ph.D., Hatfield Marine for each species; (3) characterize local
Department no later than 10 days after Science Center, Oregon State University, movements and dive habits in both
the comments and/or factual Newport, OR 97365, has applied for an feeding and breeding grounds, and
information are filed.21 All submissions amendment to Scientific Research during migration; (4) examine the
must be filed electronically using Permit No. 14856–02. relationships between movements/dive
Enforcement and Compliance’s AD and DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email habits and prey distribution, time of
CVD Centralized Electronic Service comments must be received on or before day, geographic location, or physical
May 4, 2015. and biological oceanographic
19 See section 751(b) of the Act and 19 CFR ADDRESSES: The application and related conditions; (5) characterize whale
351.216(d). documents are available for review by vocalizations; (6) characterize sound
20 See, e.g., Certain Cased Pencils From the
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public pressure levels to which whales are
People’s Republic of China: Initiation and exposed; and (7) gather photo-
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Comment’’ from the Features box on the
tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Circumstances Review, and Intent To Revoke Order Applications and Permits for Protected identification and behavioral
in Part, 77 FR 42276 (July 18, 2012) (Pencils), Species home page, https:// information for species and situations
unchanged in Certain Cased Pencils From the apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting where little information has been
People’s Republic of China: Final Results of documented. Researchers are authorized
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review,
File No. 14856 Mod 6 from the list of
and Determination To Revoke Order, in Part, 77 FR available applications. to conduct aerial and vessel surveys to
53176 (August 31, 2012). perform a suite of research activities
21 See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). 22 See, generally, 19 CFR 351.303. including: Observations, biopsy
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| Dates | Effective April 2, 2015. | |
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| FR Citation | 80 FR 17719 |
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