[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69646-69647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27828]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-926]


Sodium Nitrite From the People's Republic of China: Final Results 
of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order

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

DATES: Effective Date: November 20, 2013.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') finds that 
revocation of the countervailing duty (``CVD'') order on sodium nitrite 
from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') would be likely to lead 
to the continuation or recurrence of net countervailable subsidies.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Myrna Lobo, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-5255 or 482-2371, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2013, the Department initiated the first sunset review 
of the CVD order on sodium nitrite from the PRC, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'').\1\ The 
Department received a notice of intent to participate from General 
Chemical LLC, (``Petitioner''), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i). The Department also received an adequate substantive 
response to the notice of initiation from domestic interested parties, 
i.e., Petitioner, within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i). The Department did not receive submissions from other 
interested parties. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department is conducting an expedited 
(120-day) sunset review of the CVD Order.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 78 FR 
39256 (July 1, 2013); see also Sodium Nitrite from the People's 
Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 73 FR 50595 (August 
27, 2008) (``CVD Order'').
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    As explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has exercised its discretion 
to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from October 1, through October 16, 2013.\2\ Therefore, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 16 
days.
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    \2\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by 
the Shutdown of the Federal Government.''
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is sodium nitrite in any 
form, at any purity level. A full description of the scope of the order 
is contained in the Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \3\ See ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order on Sodium Nitrite from the People's Republic of China,'' from 
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, dated 
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice (``Decision 
Memorandum'').
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    The Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's centralized electronic 
service system (``IA ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is available to registered 
users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Department's Central 
Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed 
directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions 
of the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Decision 
Memorandum. The issues include the likelihood of continuation or 
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy, and the net countervailable 
subsidy likely to prevail if the order was revoked.

Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3) of the Act, the Department 
determines that revocation of the CVD order on sodium nitrite from the 
PRC would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy 
rates:

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                                                               Net
                                                         countervailable
           Manufacturers/exporters/ producers              subsidy rate
                                                            (percent)
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Shanxi Jiaocheng Hongxing Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shanxi            169.01
 Jiaocheng)............................................
Tianjin Soda Plant Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Pan             169.01
 Bohai International Trading Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Soda
 Plant)................................................
All others.............................................         169.01
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    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which 
is subject to sanction.
    The Department is issuing and publishing these final results and 
this notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) 
of the Act.

    Dated: November 13, 2013.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-27828 Filed 11-19-13; 8:45 am]
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