[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 140 (Monday, July 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 35073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15489]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Binational Panel 
Review Precluded

AGENCY: United States Section, NAFTA Secretariat, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: NAFTA Binational Panel Review is precluded in the matter of 
Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada.

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SUMMARY: Notice of the Department of Commerce's Large Diameter Welded 
Pipe from Canada: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value (Final Determination) was published in the Federal Register 
on February 27, 2019. On May 8, 2019, the NAFTA Secretariat received a 
Notice of Intent to Commence Judicial Review (Notice of Intent). No 
action is required by the Secretariat in response to the Notice of 
Intent. On May 22, 2019, the Secretariat also received a Conditional 
Request for Panel Review (Conditional Request). The Conditional Request 
was submitted after the deadline for requests for panel review provided 
by NAFTA Article 1904(4). Panel review is therefore precluded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul E. Morris, United States 
Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Room 2061, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of the Department of Commerce's Final 
Determination was published in the Federal Register (84 FR 6378) on 
February 27, 2019. In the event a party wished to challenge the Final 
Determination, pursuant to NAFTA Article 1904(15)(c)(ii), the deadline 
for the submission of a Notice of Intent to Commence Judicial Review 
was March 19, 2019 (10 days prior to the latest date on which a panel 
may be requested), and pursuant to NAFTA Article 1904(4), the deadline 
for the submission of a Request for Panel Review was March 29, 2019 
(within 30 days of publication of the Final Determination in the 
Federal Register).
    On May 8, 2019, the American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Berg Steel 
Pipe Corp., Berg Spiral Pipe Corp., Dura-Bond Industries, and Stupp 
Corporation, individually and as members of the American Line Pipe 
Producers Association (``ALPPA''); Greens Bayou Pipe Mill, LP; JSW 
Steel (USA) Inc.; Skyline Steel; Trinity Products LLC; and Welspun 
Tubular LLC filed a Notice of Intent with the NAFTA Secretariat, 
specifying an intention to seek judicial review at the United States 
Court of International Trade. The Notice of Intent was submitted 50 
days after the deadline established by Article 1904(15). No further 
action is required by the Secretariat in response to the Notice of 
Intent.
    On May 22, 2019, Evraz Inc. NA (``Evraz'') submitted a Conditional 
Request to the NAFTA Secretariat, ``for the purpose of challenging 
Petitioners' untimely attempt to appeal the underlying agency 
determination.'' The Conditional Request for Panel Review was submitted 
54 days after the deadline established by Article 1904(4). Accordingly, 
review by a panel is precluded.
    NAFTA Article 1904(4) provides:

    A request for a panel shall be made in writing to the other 
involved Party within 30 days following the date of publication of 
the final determination in question in the official journal of the 
importing Party. In the case of final determinations that are not 
published in the official journal of the importing Party, the 
importing Party shall immediately notify the other involved Party of 
such final determination where it involves goods from the other 
involved Party, and the other involved Party may request a panel 
within 30 days of receipt of such notice. Where the competent 
investigating authority of the importing Party has imposed 
provisional measures in an investigation, the other involved Party 
may provide notice of its intention to request a panel under this 
Article, and the Parties shall begin to establish a panel at that 
time. Failure to request a panel within the time specified in this 
paragraph shall preclude review by a panel.

    Chapter 19 of Article 1904 of NAFTA provides a dispute settlement 
mechanism involving trade remedy determinations issued by the 
Government of the United States, the Government of Canada, and the 
Government of Mexico. For the complete text of the NAFTA Agreement and 
the NAFTA Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational Panel Reviews, 
please see https://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/Home/Legal-Texts.

    Dated: July 16, 2019.
Paul E. Morris,
U.S. Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-15489 Filed 7-19-19; 8:45 am]
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