[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 26645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12026]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-982]


Utility Scale Wind Towers From the People's Republic of China: 
Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on utility 
scale wind towers (wind towers) from the People's Republic of China 
(China) for the period January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable June 7, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 8, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the CVD order on wind towers from 
China.\1\ On May 2, 2019, in accordance with section 751(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and based on a timely request 
for review by the Wind Tower Trade Coalition (the petitioner),\2\ 
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of the CVD order on wind towers from China with 
respect to 56 companies for the period January 1, 2018, through 
December 31, 2018.\3\ On May 16, 2019, the petitioner withdrew its 
request for an administrative review of all 56 companies.\4\ No other 
party requested a review of the CVD order.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 2816 (February 8, 2019).
    \2\ See Letter from the petitioner, ``Utility Scale Wind Towers 
from the People's Republic of China: Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated February 26, 2019.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 18777 (May 2, 2019).
    \4\ See Letter from the petitioner, ``Utility Scale Wind Towers 
from the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated May 16, 2019.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. In 
this case, the petitioner timely withdrew its request for review within 
the 90-day deadline, and no other party requested an administrative 
review of the CVD order. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 
we are rescinding the administrative review of the CVD order on wind 
towers from China for the period January 1, 2018, through December 31, 
2018, in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. Because 
Commerce is rescinding this administrative review in its entirety, 
entries of wind towers from China during the period January 1, 2018, 
through December 31, 2018, shall be assessed countervailing duties at 
rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties 
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or destruction 
of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: June 3, 2019.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-12026 Filed 6-6-19; 8:45 am]
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