[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63438-63439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25156]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-524-525 and 731-TA-1260-1261 (Preliminary)]


Certain Welded Line Pipe From Korea and Turkey; Institution of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations and Scheduling of 
Preliminary Phase Investigations

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of 
investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and 
countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-524-525 and 731-TA-1260-
1261 (Preliminary) under sections 703(a) and 733(a) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a) and 1673b(a)) (the Act) to determine 
whether there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the United 
States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the 
establishment of an industry in the United States is materially 
retarded, by reason of imports from Korea and Turkey of certain welded 
line pipe, provided for in subheadings 7305.11, 7305.12, 7305.19, and 
7306.19 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, that 
are alleged to be subsidized by the Governments of Korea and Turkey and 
are alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value. 
Unless the Department of Commerce extends the time for initiation 
pursuant to sections 702(c)(1)(B) or 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 
1671a(c)(1)(B) or 1673a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission must reach its 
preliminary determinations in these antidumping and countervailing duty 
investigations in 45 days, or in this case by Monday, December 1, 2014. 
The Commission's views must be transmitted to Commerce within five 
business days thereafter, or by Monday, December 8, 2014.
    For further information concerning the conduct of these 
investigations and rules of general application, consult the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A 
through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and B (19 CFR 
part 207).

DATES:  Effective Date: Thursday, October 16, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Szustakowski (202-205-3169), 
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). The public record for these 
investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background. These investigations are being instituted in response 
to a petition filed on Thursday, October 16, 2014, by American Cast 
Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham, AL; Energex, a division of JMC Steel 
Group, Chicago, IL; Maverick Tube Corporation, Houston, TX; Northwest 
Pipe Company, Vancouver, WA; Stupp Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA; Tex-
Tube Company, Houston, TX; TMK IPSCO, Houston, TX; and Welspun Tubular 
LLC USA, Little Rock, AR.
    Participation in the investigations and public service list. 
Persons (other than

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petitioners) wishing to participate in the investigations as parties 
must file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, 
as provided in sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the Commission's rules, 
not later than seven days after publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register. Industrial users and (if the merchandise under 
investigation is sold at the retail level) representative consumer 
organizations have the right to appear as parties in Commission 
antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations. The Secretary 
will prepare a public service list containing the names and addresses 
of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to these 
investigations upon the expiration of the period for filing entries of 
appearance.
    Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under 
an administrative protective order (APO) and BPI service list. Pursuant 
to section 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary will make 
BPI gathered in these investigations available to authorized applicants 
representing interested parties (as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9)) who 
are parties to the investigations under the APO issued in the 
investigations, provided that the application is made not later than 
seven days after the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. A separate service list will be maintained by the Secretary 
for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.
    Conference. The Commission's Director of Investigations has 
scheduled a conference in connection with these investigations for 9:30 
a.m. on Thursday, November 6, 2014, at the U.S. International Trade 
Commission Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC. Requests to 
appear at the conference should be emailed to [email protected] 
and [email protected] (DO NOT FILE ON EDIS) on or before 
Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Parties in support of the imposition of 
countervailing and antidumping duties in these investigations and 
parties in opposition to the imposition of such duties will each be 
collectively allocated one hour within which to make an oral 
presentation at the conference. A nonparty who has testimony that may 
aid the Commission's deliberations may request permission to present a 
short statement at the conference.
    Written submissions. As provided in sections 201.8 and 207.15 of 
the Commission's rules, any person may submit to the Commission on or 
before Wednesday, November 12, 2014, a written brief containing 
information and arguments pertinent to the subject matter of the 
investigations. Parties may file written testimony in connection with 
their presentation at the conference no later than three days before 
the conference. If briefs or written testimony contain BPI, they must 
conform with the requirements of sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of 
the Commission's rules. Please consult the Commission's rules, as 
amended, 76 FR 61937 (Oct. 6, 2011) and the Commission's Handbook on 
Filing Procedures, 76 FR 62092 (Oct. 6, 2011), available on the 
Commission's Web site at http://edis.usitc.gov.
    In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, each 
document filed by a party to the investigations must be served on all 
other parties to the investigations (as identified by either the public 
or BPI service list), and a certificate of service must be timely 
filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a 
certificate of service.

    Authority:  These investigations are being conducted under 
authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is 
published pursuant to section 207.12 of the Commission's rules.

     Issued: October 17, 2014.

    By order of the Commission.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2014-25156 Filed 10-22-14; 8:45 am]
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