81_FR_62886 81 FR 62710 - Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2014-2015

81 FR 62710 - Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2014-2015

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 176 (September 12, 2016)

Page Range62710-62712
FR Document2016-21883

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting the sixth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel nails (``nails'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The Department preliminarily determines that Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems Co., Ltd. and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (collectively ``Stanley'') sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value (``NV'') during the period of review (``POR''), August 1, 2014, through July 31, 2015. The Department also preliminarily determines that Tianjin Lianda Group Co., Ltd. (``Tianjin Lianda'') failed to demonstrate that it is entitled to a separate rate and has been treated as part of the PRC-wide entity. If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-909]


Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2014-2015

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting the 
sixth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
steel nails (``nails'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). 
The Department preliminarily determines that Stanley Works (Langfang) 
Fastening Systems Co., Ltd. and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 
(collectively ``Stanley'') sold subject merchandise in the United 
States at prices below normal value (``NV'') during the period of 
review (``POR''), August 1, 2014, through July 31, 2015. The Department 
also preliminarily determines that Tianjin Lianda Group Co., Ltd. 
(``Tianjin Lianda'') failed to demonstrate that it is entitled to a 
separate rate and has been treated as part of the PRC-wide entity. If 
these preliminary results are adopted in the final results, the 
Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') 
to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment 
on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective September 12, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Pulongbarit or Omar Qureshi, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4031 or (202) 482-5307, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 6, 2015, the Department initiated the seventh 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on nails from the 
PRC for the period August 1, 2014, through July 31, 2014.\1\ On April 
14, 2015, the Department partially extended the deadline for issuing 
the preliminary results by 90 days.\2\ On August 4, 2016, the 
Department fully extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary 
results by 30 days, to September 5, 2016.\3\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 58729 (September 30, 2014) 
(``Initiation Notice'').
    \2\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
through James C. Doyle, Director, Office V, Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, from Omar Qureshi, International 
Trade Compliance Analyst, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, regarding ``Certain Steel Nails from the People's 
Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 
2014-2015 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated April 14, 
2016.
    \3\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
through James C. Doyle, Director, Office V, Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, from Omar Qureshi, International 
Trade Compliance Analyst, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, regarding ``Certain Steel Nails from the People's 
Republic of China: Second Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of 2014-2015 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated 
August 4, 2016.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes certain steel nails 
having a shaft length up to 12 inches. Certain steel nails subject to 
the order are currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (``HTSUS'') subheadings 7317.00.55, 7317.00.65, 
7317.00.75, and 7907.00.6000.\4\ While the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of the order is dispositive.\5\
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    \4\ The Department recently added the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
category 7907.00.6000, ``Other articles of zinc: Other,'' to the 
language of the Order. See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Senior 
Advisor for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, through 
James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, regarding ``Certain Steel Nails from the People's 
Republic of China: Cobra Anchors Co. Ltd. Final Scope Ruling,'' 
dated September 19, 2013.
    \5\ See ``Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of 
China: Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 2013-
2014 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' (``Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum''), dated concurrently with these results and 
hereby adopted by this notice, for a complete description of the 
Scope of the Order.
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Based on the no-shipments letters filed by 11 companies subject to 
this review, the Department preliminarily determines that these 
companies did not have any reviewable transactions during the POR. For 
additional information regarding this determination, including a list 
of these companies, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Consistent 
with our assessment practice in non-market economy (``NME'') cases, the 
Department is not rescinding this review for these companies, but 
intends to complete the review and issue appropriate instructions to 
CBP based on the final results of the review.\6\
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    \6\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) and 
the ``Assessment Rates'' section, below.
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Separate Rates

    The Department preliminarily determines that information placed on 
the record by the mandatory respondent Stanley, as well as by the 21 
other separate rate applicants,\7\ demonstrates that these companies 
are entitled to separate rate status. For additional information, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \7\ We note that Mingguang Ruifeng Hardware Products Co., Ltd. 
and Mingguang Abundant Hardware Products Co., Ltd. are one company.
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PRC-Wide Entity

    The Department's policy regarding conditional review of the PRC-
wide entity applies to this administrative review.\8\ Under this 
policy, the PRC-wide entity will not be under review unless a party 
specifically requests, or the Department self-initiates, a review of 
the entity. Because no party requested a review of the PRC-wide entity 
in this review, the entity is not under review and the entity's rate is 
not subject to change (i.e., 118.04 percent).\9\ Aside from the no 
shipments and separate rate companies discussed above, the Department 
considers all other companies for which a review was requested,\10\ as 
well as Tianjin Lianda, to be part of the PRC-wide entity. For 
additional information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum; see 
also Appendix 2 for a list of companies considered as part of the PRC-
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    \8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \9\ See, e.g., id.; Certain Steel Nails from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2012-2013, 80 FR 18816, 18817 and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum (``AR5 Final Results'').
    \10\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 51548, 51549 (August 29, 2014) (``All 
firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate rate status in 
the administrative reviews involving NME countries must complete, as 
appropriate, either a separate rate application or certification . . 
.'').

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Rate for Separate-Rate Companies Not Individually Examined

    The statute and the Department's regulations do not address the 
establishment of a rate to be applied to respondents not selected for 
individual examination when the Department limits its examination of 
companies subject to the administrative review pursuant to section 
777A(c)(2)(B) of the Act. Generally, the Department looks to section 
735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the 
all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when calculating the 
rate for respondents not individually examined in an administrative 
review. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act articulates a preference for 
not calculating an all-others rate using rates which are zero, de 
minimis or based entirely on facts available. Accordingly, the 
Department's usual practice has been to determine the dumping margin 
for companies not individually examined by averaging the weighted-
average dumping margins for the individually examined respondents, 
excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts 
available.\11\ Consistent with this practice, in this review, we 
calculated a weighted-average dumping margin for Stanley that is above 
de minimis and not based entirely on FA; therefore, the Department 
assigned to the companies not individually examined, but which 
demonstrated their eligibility for a separate rate, the weighted-
average dumping margin calculated for Stanley.
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    \11\ See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Reviews and Rescission of Reviews in Part, 73 FR 
52823, 52824 (September 11, 2008), and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum at Comment 16.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1)(B) and 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act. Constructed export 
prices and export prices have been calculated in accordance with 
section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a non-market economy country 
within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, NV has been 
calculated in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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''). ACCESS is available 
to registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2014, 
through July 31, 2015:

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                                                                average
                          Exporter                              margin
                                                               (percent)
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Stanley.....................................................        5.90
Certified Products International Inc........................        5.90
Chiieh Yung Metal Ind. Corp \12\............................        5.90
Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd...................        5.90
Hebei Cangzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co., Ltd...........        5.90
Mingguang Abundant Hardware Products Co., Ltd...............        5.90
Mingguang Ruifeng Hardware Products Co., Ltd................        5.90
Nanjing Caiqing Hardware Co., Ltd...........................        5.90
Qingdao D&L Group Ltd.......................................        5.90
SDC International Aust. PTY. Ltd............................        5.90
Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd..................        5.90
Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Group Co., Ltd............        5.90
Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd..................        5.90
Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd......................        5.90
Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd................................        5.90
Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.................        5.90
Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd...........................        5.90
S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd............        5.90
Suntec Industries Co., Ltd..................................        5.90
Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd......................        5.90
Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & Business Co., Ltd..        5.90
Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp. & Exp. Corporation \13\....        5.90
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Disclosure, Public Comment and Opportunity To Request a Hearing
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    \12\ Although, the Department initiated this administrative 
review on Chiieh Yung Metal Industrial Corporation, the company 
name, Chiieh Yung Metal Ind. Corp., was the only name listed in the 
business license that was submitted in the separate rate 
application. Accordingly, the Department is granting a separate rate 
to Chiieh Yung Metal Ind. Corp.
    \13\ Although, the Department initiated this administrative 
review on Tianjin Universal Machinery Import and Export Corp., the 
company name, Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp. & Exp. Corporation. 
was the only name listed in the business license that was submitted 
in the separate rate application. Accordingly, the Department is 
granting a separate rate to Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp. & Exp. 
Corporation.
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    The Department intends to disclose the calculations used in our 
analysis to parties in this review within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    Interested parties may submit case briefs within 30 days after the 
date of publication of these preliminary results of review in the 
Federal Register.\14\ Rebuttals to case briefs, which must be limited 
to issues raised in the case briefs, must be filed within five days 
after the time limit for filing case briefs.\15\ Parties who submit 
arguments are requested to submit with the argument (a) a statement of 
the issue, (b) a brief summary of the argument, and (c) a table of 
authorities.\16\ Parties submitting briefs should do so pursuant to the 
Department's electronic filing system, ACCESS.\17\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)-(2).
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of this notice.\18\ Hearing requests should contain the 
following information: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to 
be discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in 
the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be 
notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.\19\
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    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \19\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis 
of all issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication 
of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review.\20\ The Department intends to

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issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date 
of the final results of this review.
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    \20\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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    For assessment purposes, the Department applied the assessment rate 
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of 
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain 
Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification.\21\ For any individually 
examined respondent whose weighted average dumping margin is above de 
minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, the 
Department will calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the 
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the 
importer's examined sales to the total entered value of sales, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer- (or customer-) 
specific ad valorem rate is greater than de minimis, the Department 
will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the time of 
liquidation.\22\ Where either a respondent's weighted average dumping 
margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer- (or customer-) specific 
ad valorem rate is zero or de minimis, the Department will instruct CBP 
to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\23\ For the respondents that were not selected for individual 
examination in this administrative review and that qualified for a 
separate rate, the assessment rate will be based on the average of the 
mandatory respondents.\24\ We intend to instruct CBP to liquidate 
entries containing subject merchandise exported by the PRC-wide entity 
at the PRC-wide rate.
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    \21\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) in 
the manner described in more detail in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
    \22\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \23\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    \24\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    Pursuant to the Department's practice, for entries that were not 
reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by companies 
individually examined during the administrative review, the Department 
will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide rate. 
Additionally, if the Department determines that an exporter had no 
shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that 
entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's 
rate) will be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.\25\
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    \25\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the 
subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by 
sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies listed above 
that have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that 
established in the final results of this review (except, if the rate is 
zero or de minimis, then zero cash deposit will be required); (2) for 
previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not 
listed above that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing 
exporter-specific rate; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, 
the cash deposit rate will be that for the PRC-wide entity; and (4) for 
all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not received 
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the PRC exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers 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 the POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This preliminary determination is issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: September 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix 1

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
5. Non-Market Economy Country Status
6. PRC-Wide Entity
7. Separate Rates
8. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference
9. Facts Available
10. Surrogate Country
11. Date of Sale
12. Comparisons to Normal Value
13. U.S. Price
14. Normal Value
15. Factor Valuations
16. Currency Conversion
17. Recommendation

Appendix 2

Companies Subject to This Administrative Review That Are Considered To 
Be Part of the PRC-Wide Entity

Cana (Tianjin) Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.
China Staple Enterprise (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
Huanghu Jinhai Hardware Products Co. Ltd.
Huanghua Xiong Hua Hardware Product Co., Ltd.
Huanghua Yufutai Hardware Products Limited
Liaocheng Minghui Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
Mingguang Abundant Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
Qingdao D&L Group Co., Ltd.
Shandong Qingyun Hongyi Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Yueda Fasterners Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Tianli Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Smart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Hongli Qiangsheng Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Lianda Group Ltd.

[FR Doc. 2016-21883 Filed 9-9-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P



                                                62710                     Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 176 / Monday, September 12, 2016 / Notices

                                                  Dated: September 6, 2016.                             August 1, 2014, through July 31, 2014.1                a list of these companies, see the
                                                Andrew McGilvray,                                       On April 14, 2015, the Department                      Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
                                                Executive Secretary.                                    partially extended the deadline for                    Consistent with our assessment practice
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–21860 Filed 9–9–16; 8:45 am]              issuing the preliminary results by 90                  in non-market economy (‘‘NME’’) cases,
                                                BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                        days.2 On August 4, 2016, the                          the Department is not rescinding this
                                                                                                        Department fully extended the deadline                 review for these companies, but intends
                                                                                                        for issuing the preliminary results by 30              to complete the review and issue
                                                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  days, to September 5, 2016.3                           appropriate instructions to CBP based
                                                                                                        Scope of the Order                                     on the final results of the review.6
                                                International Trade Administration
                                                                                                          The merchandise covered by the order                 Separate Rates
                                                [A–570–909]                                             includes certain steel nails having a
                                                                                                        shaft length up to 12 inches. Certain                    The Department preliminarily
                                                Certain Steel Nails From the People’s                                                                          determines that information placed on
                                                                                                        steel nails subject to the order are
                                                Republic of China: Preliminary Results                                                                         the record by the mandatory respondent
                                                                                                        currently classified under the
                                                of the Antidumping Duty
                                                                                                        Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the                      Stanley, as well as by the 21 other
                                                Administrative Review and Preliminary
                                                                                                        United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheadings                  separate rate applicants,7 demonstrates
                                                Determination of No Shipments; 2014–
                                                                                                        7317.00.55, 7317.00.65, 7317.00.75, and                that these companies are entitled to
                                                2015
                                                                                                        7907.00.6000.4 While the HTSUS                         separate rate status. For additional
                                                AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,                   subheadings are provided for                           information, see the Preliminary
                                                International Trade Administration,                     convenience and customs purposes, the                  Decision Memorandum.
                                                Department of Commerce.                                 written description of the scope of the
                                                                                                        order is dispositive.5                                 PRC-Wide Entity
                                                SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                (‘‘Department’’) is conducting the sixth                Preliminary Determination of No                           The Department’s policy regarding
                                                administrative review of the                            Shipments                                              conditional review of the PRC-wide
                                                antidumping duty order on certain steel                                                                        entity applies to this administrative
                                                nails (‘‘nails’’) from the People’s                        Based on the no-shipments letters
                                                                                                        filed by 11 companies subject to this                  review.8 Under this policy, the PRC-
                                                Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). The                                                                               wide entity will not be under review
                                                Department preliminarily determines                     review, the Department preliminarily
                                                                                                        determines that these companies did not                unless a party specifically requests, or
                                                that Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening                                                                        the Department self-initiates, a review of
                                                Systems Co., Ltd. and Stanley Black &                   have any reviewable transactions during
                                                                                                        the POR. For additional information                    the entity. Because no party requested a
                                                Decker, Inc. (collectively ‘‘Stanley’’)                                                                        review of the PRC-wide entity in this
                                                                                                        regarding this determination, including
                                                sold subject merchandise in the United                                                                         review, the entity is not under review
                                                States at prices below normal value                        1 See Initiation of Antidumping and                 and the entity’s rate is not subject to
                                                (‘‘NV’’) during the period of review                    Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 79 FR      change (i.e., 118.04 percent).9 Aside
                                                (‘‘POR’’), August 1, 2014, through July                 58729 (September 30, 2014) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
                                                                                                                                                               from the no shipments and separate rate
                                                31, 2015. The Department also                              2 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy

                                                                                                        Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and                companies discussed above, the
                                                preliminarily determines that Tianjin
                                                                                                        Countervailing Duty Operations, through James C.       Department considers all other
                                                Lianda Group Co., Ltd. (‘‘Tianjin                       Doyle, Director, Office V, Antidumping and
                                                Lianda’’) failed to demonstrate that it is                                                                     companies for which a review was
                                                                                                        Countervailing Duty Operations, from Omar
                                                entitled to a separate rate and has been                Qureshi, International Trade Compliance Analyst,       requested,10 as well as Tianjin Lianda,
                                                treated as part of the PRC-wide entity.                 Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,        to be part of the PRC-wide entity. For
                                                If these preliminary results are adopted
                                                                                                        regarding ‘‘Certain Steel Nails from the People’s      additional information, see the
                                                                                                        Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for           Preliminary Decision Memorandum; see
                                                in the final results, the Department will               Preliminary Results of 2014–2015 Antidumping
                                                instruct U.S. Customs and Border                        Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated April 14, 2016.    also Appendix 2 for a list of companies
                                                Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to assess                             3 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy         considered as part of the PRC-wide
                                                antidumping duties on all appropriate                   Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and                entity.
                                                                                                        Countervailing Duty Operations, through James C.
                                                entries of subject merchandise during                   Doyle, Director, Office V, Antidumping and
                                                                                                                                                                  6 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
                                                the POR. Interested parties are invited to              Countervailing Duty Operations, from Omar
                                                                                                        Qureshi, International Trade Compliance Analyst,       Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
                                                comment on these preliminary results.                                                                          FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011) and the
                                                                                                        Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
                                                DATES: Effective September 12, 2016.                    regarding ‘‘Certain Steel Nails from the People’s      ‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section, below.
                                                                                                                                                                  7 We note that Mingguang Ruifeng Hardware
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        Republic of China: Second Extension of Deadline
                                                                                                        for Preliminary Results of 2014–2015 Antidumping       Products Co., Ltd. and Mingguang Abundant
                                                Susan Pulongbarit or Omar Qureshi,                                                                             Hardware Products Co., Ltd. are one company.
                                                                                                        Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated August 4,
                                                AD/CVD Operations, Office V,                            2016.                                                     8 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement
                                                Enforcement and Compliance,                                4 The Department recently added the Harmonized      of Change in Department Practice for Respondent
                                                International Trade Administration,                     Tariff Schedule category 7907.00.6000, ‘‘Other         Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and
                                                U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th                       articles of zinc: Other,’’ to the language of the      Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
                                                                                                        Order. See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Senior         Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78
                                                Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,                     Advisor for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty        FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
                                                Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)                  Operations, through James C. Doyle, Director, Office      9 See, e.g., id.; Certain Steel Nails from the

                                                482–4031 or (202) 482–5307,                             9, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                 People’s Republic of China: Final Results of
                                                respectively.                                           Operations, regarding ‘‘Certain Steel Nails from the   Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012–
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                                                                                                        People’s Republic of China: Cobra Anchors Co. Ltd.     2013, 80 FR 18816, 18817 and accompanying Issues
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              Final Scope Ruling,’’ dated September 19, 2013.        and Decision Memorandum (‘‘AR5 Final Results’’).
                                                                                                           5 See ‘‘Certain Steel Nails from the People’s          10 See Initiation of Antidumping and
                                                Background                                              Republic of China: Decision Memorandum for the         Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 79 FR
                                                  On October 6, 2015, the Department                    Preliminary Results of the 2013–2014 Antidumping       51548, 51549 (August 29, 2014) (‘‘All firms listed
                                                                                                        Duty Administrative Review,’’ (‘‘Preliminary           below that wish to qualify for separate rate status
                                                initiated the seventh administrative                    Decision Memorandum’’), dated concurrently with        in the administrative reviews involving NME
                                                review of the antidumping duty order                    these results and hereby adopted by this notice, for   countries must complete, as appropriate, either a
                                                on nails from the PRC for the period                    a complete description of the Scope of the Order.      separate rate application or certification . . .’’).



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                                                                          Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 176 / Monday, September 12, 2016 / Notices                                                               62711

                                                Rate for Separate-Rate Companies Not                    Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’).                          parties in this review within five days
                                                Individually Examined                                   ACCESS is available to registered users                          of the date of publication of this notice
                                                   The statute and the Department’s                     at http://access.trade.gov, and is                               in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
                                                regulations do not address the                          available to all parties in the Central                             Interested parties may submit case
                                                establishment of a rate to be applied to                Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main                             briefs within 30 days after the date of
                                                respondents not selected for individual                 Department of Commerce building. In                              publication of these preliminary results
                                                examination when the Department                         addition, a complete version of the                              of review in the Federal Register.14
                                                limits its examination of companies                     Preliminary Decision Memorandum can                              Rebuttals to case briefs, which must be
                                                subject to the administrative review                    be accessed directly on the internet at                          limited to issues raised in the case
                                                pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)(B) of the                http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The                           briefs, must be filed within five days
                                                Act. Generally, the Department looks to                 signed Preliminary Decision                                      after the time limit for filing case
                                                section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which                     Memorandum and the electronic                                    briefs.15 Parties who submit arguments
                                                provides instructions for calculating the               versions of the Preliminary Decision                             are requested to submit with the
                                                all-others rate in an investigation, for                Memorandum are identical in content.                             argument (a) a statement of the issue, (b)
                                                guidance when calculating the rate for                                                                                   a brief summary of the argument, and (c)
                                                                                                        Preliminary Results of Review                                    a table of authorities.16 Parties
                                                respondents not individually examined
                                                in an administrative review. Section                      The Department preliminarily                                   submitting briefs should do so pursuant
                                                735(c)(5)(A) of the Act articulates a                   determines that the following weighted-                          to the Department’s electronic filing
                                                preference for not calculating an all-                  average dumping margins exist for the                            system, ACCESS.17
                                                others rate using rates which are zero,                 period August 1, 2014, through July 31,                             Any interested party may request a
                                                de minimis or based entirely on facts                   2015:                                                            hearing within 30 days of publication of
                                                available. Accordingly, the                                                                                              this notice.18 Hearing requests should
                                                Department’s usual practice has been to                                                                     Weighted-    contain the following information: (1)
                                                                                                                                                             average     The party’s name, address, and
                                                determine the dumping margin for                                          Exporter                            margin
                                                companies not individually examined                                                                         (percent)    telephone number; (2) the number of
                                                by averaging the weighted-average                                                                                        participants; and (3) a list of the issues
                                                dumping margins for the individually                    Stanley ........................................          5.90   to be discussed. Oral presentations will
                                                examined respondents, excluding rates                   Certified Products International                                 be limited to issues raised in the briefs.
                                                that are zero, de minimis, or based                       Inc ...........................................         5.90   If a request for a hearing is made, parties
                                                                                                        Chiieh Yung Metal Ind. Corp 12 ..                         5.90   will be notified of the time and date for
                                                entirely on facts available.11 Consistent               Dezhou Hualude Hardware
                                                with this practice, in this review, we                                                                                   the hearing to be held at the U.S.
                                                                                                          Products Co., Ltd ....................                  5.90
                                                calculated a weighted-average dumping                   Hebei Cangzhou New Century                                       Department of Commerce, 14th Street
                                                margin for Stanley that is above de                       Foreign Trade Co., Ltd ...........                      5.90   and Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                minimis and not based entirely on FA;                   Mingguang Abundant Hardware                                      Washington, DC 20230.19
                                                therefore, the Department assigned to                     Products Co., Ltd ....................                  5.90      The Department intends to issue the
                                                the companies not individually                          Mingguang Ruifeng Hardware                                       final results of this administrative
                                                examined, but which demonstrated                          Products Co., Ltd ....................                  5.90   review, which will include the results of
                                                their eligibility for a separate rate, the              Nanjing Caiqing Hardware Co.,                                    our analysis of all issues raised in the
                                                weighted-average dumping margin                           Ltd ...........................................         5.90   case briefs, within 120 days of
                                                                                                        Qingdao D&L Group Ltd .............                       5.90   publication of these preliminary results
                                                calculated for Stanley.                                 SDC International Aust. PTY. Ltd                          5.90
                                                                                                                                                                         in the Federal Register, pursuant to
                                                Methodology                                             Shandong Dinglong Import & Ex-
                                                                                                          port Co., Ltd ............................              5.90   section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
                                                  The Department is conducting this                     Shandong Oriental Cherry Hard-
                                                review in accordance with sections                                                                                     Assessment Rates
                                                                                                          ware Group Co., Ltd ...............                     5.90
                                                751(a)(1)(B) and 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act.               Shanghai Curvet Hardware                                         Upon issuance of the final results, the
                                                Constructed export prices and export                      Products Co., Ltd ....................                  5.90 Department will determine, and CBP
                                                prices have been calculated in                          Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry                                  shall assess, antidumping duties on all
                                                accordance with section 772 of the Act.                   Co., Ltd ...................................            5.90 appropriate entries covered by this
                                                Because the PRC is a non-market                         Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd ......                       5.90 review.20 The Department intends to
                                                economy country within the meaning of                   Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Indus-
                                                section 771(18) of the Act, NV has been                   trial Co., Ltd ............................             5.90   Yung Metal Ind. Corp., was the only name listed in
                                                                                                        Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd                         5.90   the business license that was submitted in the
                                                calculated in accordance with section                   S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology De-                                  separate rate application. Accordingly, the
                                                773(c) of the Act.                                        velopment Co., Ltd ..................                   5.90   Department is granting a separate rate to Chiieh
                                                  For a full description of the                         Suntec Industries Co., Ltd ..........                     5.90   Yung Metal Ind. Corp.
                                                methodology underlying our                              Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products                                      13 Although, the Department initiated this

                                                conclusions, see the Preliminary                          Co., Ltd ...................................            5.90   administrative review on Tianjin Universal
                                                Decision Memorandum. The                                Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli In-                                Machinery Import and Export Corp., the company
                                                                                                                                                                         name, Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp. & Exp.
                                                Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a                      dustry & Business Co., Ltd .....                        5.90
                                                                                                                                                                         Corporation. was the only name listed in the
                                                public document and is on file                          Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp.                                 business license that was submitted in the separate
                                                electronically via Enforcement and                        & Exp. Corporation 13 ..............                    5.90   rate application. Accordingly, the Department is
                                                Compliance’s Antidumping and                                                                                             granting a separate rate to Tianjin Universal
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                                                                                                        Disclosure, Public Comment and                                   Machinery Imp. & Exp. Corporation.
                                                Countervailing Duty Centralized                                                                                            14 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
                                                                                                        Opportunity To Request a Hearing                                   15 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)–(2).
                                                  11 See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From
                                                                                                          The Department intends to disclose                               16 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
                                                France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United
                                                Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty              the calculations used in our analysis to                           17 See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing

                                                Administrative Reviews and Rescission of Reviews                                                                         requirements).
                                                                                                                                                                           18 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
                                                in Part, 73 FR 52823, 52824 (September 11, 2008),         12 Although, the Department initiated this
                                                                                                                                                                           19 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
                                                and accompanying Issues and Decision                    administrative review on Chiieh Yung Metal
                                                Memorandum at Comment 16.                               Industrial Corporation, the company name, Chiieh                   20 See 19 CFR 351.212(b).




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                                                62712                       Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 176 / Monday, September 12, 2016 / Notices

                                                issue assessment instructions to CBP 15                  Cash Deposit Requirements                             5. Non-Market Economy Country Status
                                                days after the publication date of the                                                                         6. PRC-Wide Entity
                                                                                                           The following cash deposit                          7. Separate Rates
                                                final results of this review.                            requirements will be effective upon
                                                   For assessment purposes, the                                                                                8. Application of Facts Available and Use of
                                                                                                         publication of the final results of this                 Adverse Inference
                                                Department applied the assessment rate                   review for shipments of the subject                   9. Facts Available
                                                calculation method adopted in                            merchandise from the PRC entered, or                  10. Surrogate Country
                                                Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation                     withdrawn from warehouse, for                         11. Date of Sale
                                                of the Weighted-Average Dumping                          consumption on or after the publication               12. Comparisons to Normal Value
                                                Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain                    date, as provided by sections                         13. U.S. Price
                                                Antidumping Proceedings: Final                           751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the                  14. Normal Value
                                                Modification.21 For any individually                                                                           15. Factor Valuations
                                                                                                         companies listed above that have a                    16. Currency Conversion
                                                examined respondent whose weighted                       separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
                                                average dumping margin is above de                                                                             17. Recommendation
                                                                                                         be that established in the final results of
                                                minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent) in the final                this review (except, if the rate is zero or           Appendix 2
                                                results of this review, the Department                   de minimis, then zero cash deposit will
                                                will calculate importer-specific                                                                               Companies Subject to This Administrative
                                                                                                         be required); (2) for previously                      Review That Are Considered To Be Part of
                                                assessment rates on the basis of the ratio               investigated or reviewed PRC and non-                 the PRC-Wide Entity
                                                of the total amount of dumping                           PRC exporters not listed above that
                                                calculated for the importer’s examined                                                                         Cana (Tianjin) Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                         received a separate rate in a prior                   China Staple Enterprise (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
                                                sales to the total entered value of sales,               segment of this proceeding, the cash                  Huanghu Jinhai Hardware Products Co. Ltd.
                                                in accordance with 19 CFR                                deposit rate will continue to be the                  Huanghua Xiong Hua Hardware Product Co.,
                                                351.212(b)(1). Where an importer- (or                    existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all            Ltd.
                                                customer-) specific ad valorem rate is                   PRC exporters of subject merchandise                  Huanghua Yufutai Hardware Products
                                                greater than de minimis, the Department                  that have not been found to be entitled                 Limited
                                                will instruct CBP to collect the                         to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate             Liaocheng Minghui Hardware Products Co.,
                                                appropriate duties at the time of                                                                                Ltd.
                                                                                                         will be that for the PRC-wide entity; and             Mingguang Abundant Hardware Products
                                                liquidation.22 Where either a                            (4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject
                                                respondent’s weighted average dumping                                                                            Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                         merchandise which have not received                   Qingdao D&L Group Co., Ltd.
                                                margin is zero or de minimis, or an                      their own rate, the cash deposit rate will            Shandong Qingyun Hongyi Hardware
                                                importer- (or customer-) specific ad                     be the rate applicable to the PRC                       Products Co., Ltd.
                                                valorem rate is zero or de minimis, the                  exporter that supplied that non-PRC                   Shanghai Yueda Fasterners Co., Ltd.
                                                Department will instruct CBP to                          exporter. These deposit requirements,                 Shanxi Tianli Enterprise Co., Ltd.
                                                liquidate appropriate entries without                    when imposed, shall remain in effect                  Smart (Tianjin) Technology Development
                                                regard to antidumping duties.23 For the                  until further notice.                                   Co., Ltd.
                                                respondents that were not selected for                                                                         Tianjin Hongli Qiangsheng Import and
                                                individual examination in this                           Notification to Importers                               Export Co., Ltd.
                                                administrative review and that qualified                                                                       Tianjin Lianda Group Ltd.
                                                                                                            This notice also serves as a
                                                for a separate rate, the assessment rate                 preliminary reminder to importers of                  [FR Doc. 2016–21883 Filed 9–9–16; 8:45 am]
                                                will be based on the average of the                      their responsibility under 19 CFR                     BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                mandatory respondents.24 We intend to                    351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
                                                instruct CBP to liquidate entries                        regarding the reimbursement of
                                                containing subject merchandise                           antidumping duties prior to liquidation               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                exported by the PRC-wide entity at the                   of the relevant entries during the POR.
                                                PRC-wide rate.                                           Failure to comply with this requirement               International Trade Administration
                                                   Pursuant to the Department’s practice,                could result in the Department’s                      [A–580–836]
                                                for entries that were not reported in the                presumption that reimbursement of
                                                U.S. sales databases submitted by                        antidumping duties occurred and the                   Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality
                                                companies individually examined                          subsequent assessment of double                       Steel Plate Products From the
                                                during the administrative review, the                    antidumping duties.                                   Republic of Korea: Final Results of
                                                Department will instruct CBP to                             This preliminary determination is                  Antidumping Duty Administrative
                                                liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide                   issued and published in accordance                    Review and New Shipper Review;
                                                rate. Additionally, if the Department                    with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of              2014–2015
                                                determines that an exporter had no                       the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
                                                shipments of the subject merchandise,                                                                          AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                any suspended entries that entered                         Dated: September 1, 2016.                           International Trade Administration,
                                                under that exporter’s case number (i.e.,                 Paul Piquado,                                         Department of Commerce.
                                                at that exporter’s rate) will be liquidated              Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and               SUMMARY: On March 11, 2016, the
                                                at the PRC-wide rate.25                                  Compliance.                                           Department of Commerce (the
                                                                                                         Appendix 1                                            Department) published the preliminary
                                                  21 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of                                                               results of the administrative review and
                                                the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and                  List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary           new shipper review of the antidumping
                                                Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping                   Decision Memorandum
                                                                                                                                                               duty order on certain cut-to-length
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                                                Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
                                                (February 14, 2012) in the manner described in
                                                                                                         1. Summary                                            carbon-quality steel plate products (CTL
                                                more detail in the Preliminary Decision                  2. Background                                         plate) from the Republic of Korea
                                                Memorandum.                                              3. Scope of the Order
                                                  22 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).                           4. Preliminary Determination of No                    (Korea). Based on our analysis of the
                                                  23 See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).                              Shipments                                          comments received, we continue to find
                                                  24 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.                                                                      that subject merchandise has been sold
                                                  25 For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-    Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694         at less than normal value in the
                                                Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings:                  (October 24, 2011).                                   administrative review, and that subject


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesEffective September 12, 2016.
ContactSusan Pulongbarit or Omar Qureshi, AD/ CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 4031 or (202) 482-5307, respectively.
FR Citation81 FR 62710 

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