[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53636-53637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21041]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-351-844]


Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products of Brazil: Postponement 
of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order

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


DATES: Applicable September 28, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Wood, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1959.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 1, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated 
the first sunset review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
certain cold-rolled steel products (CRS) from Brazil, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ 
Within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i), Commerce 
received notices of intent to participate in the sunset review on 
behalf of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics 
Inc., and United States Steel Corporation (collectively, domestic 
interested parties).\2\ Each claimed interested party status under 
section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a producer of a domestic like product. 
Commerce received a timely substantive response from these domestic 
interested parties.\3\ We also received a substantive response

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from the Government of Brazil (GOB), but we did not receive a 
substantive response from any other interested party in this 
proceeding.\4\ On July 22, 2021, Commerce notified the U.S. 
International Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate 
substantive response from respondent interested parties and that 
Commerce would conduct an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the 
order on CRS from Brazil, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).\5\ The final results of the 
expedited sunset review are currently due September 29, 2021.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86 FR 29239 
(June 1, 2021).
    \2\ See Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s Letter, ``Notice of Intent to 
Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated June 14, 2021; Nucor 
Corporation's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset 
Review,'' dated June 16, 2021; United States Steel Corporation's 
Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated June 16, 2021; 
and Steel Dynamic Inc.'s Letter, ``Notice of Intent to 
Participate,'' dated June 16, 2021.
    \3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic 
Industry's Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated 
July 1, 2021.
    \4\ See GOB's Letter, ``Initial Comments,'' dated August 31, 
2021; see also Commerce's Letter, ``Rejection of Response to Notice 
of Initiation,'' dated August 25, 2021; and Commerce's Letter, 
``Extension for Resubmission of Comments on the Initiation,'' dated 
August 27, 2021. We note that the GOB had timely submitted its 
response on June 30, 2021 but failed to identify and properly 
bracket certain proprietary information. Therefore, after notifying 
the GOB of the deficiency, we provided the GOB additional time to 
refile its response.
    \5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on June 1, 
2021,'' dated July 22, 2021.
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Postponement of Expedited Sunset Review

    Section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act provides that Commerce may issue, 
without further investigation, a final determination based on the facts 
available, in accordance with section 776 of the Act within 120 days 
after the initiation of the review if interested parties provide 
inadequate responses. However, if Commerce determines that the review 
is extraordinarily complicated, section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act allows 
Commerce to extend the time period for making its determination by not 
more than 90 days.
    Commerce has determined that this CVD sunset review is 
extraordinarily complicated pursuant to sections 751(c)(5)(C)(i) and 
(ii) of the Act. Specifically, due to the number and complexity of the 
alleged countervailable subsidy programs being reviewed, in addition to 
the numerous arguments made by parties in their substantive responses, 
it is not practicable to complete the determination of this CVD sunset 
review within the original time limit (i.e., by September 29, 2021). 
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act, Commerce 
is postponing the deadline of the determination in this sunset review 
to no later than 210 days after the day on which this sunset review was 
initiated, i.e., December 28, 2021.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(c)(5)(B) and (C) of the Act.

    Dated: September 22, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-21041 Filed 9-27-21; 8:45 am]
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