[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64871-64872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17627]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-079]


Cast Iron Soil Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S. 
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on cast iron soil pipe from the People's 
Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of 
Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable August 8, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2243.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 3, 2019, Commerce published the AD order on cast iron soil 
pipe from China.\1\ On April 1, 2024, Commerce published the notice of 
initiation of the first sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\
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    \1\ See Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's Republic of China: 
Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 19035 (May 3, 2019) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 89 FR 22373 
(April 1, 2024).
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    On April 16, 2024, Commerce received a notice of intent to 
participate in this review from the Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute 
(CISPI) within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ 
CISPI claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(E) of the 
Act as a trade association whose members produce a domestic like 
product in the United States.\4\ On May 1, 2024, Commerce received an 
adequate substantive response from CISPI.\5\ We received no substantive 
responses from any other

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interested parties, nor was a hearing requested.
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    \3\ See CISPI's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate in the 
First Five-Year Review,'' dated April 16, 2024.
    \4\ Id.
    \5\ See CISPI's Letter, ``Petitioner's Substantive Response to 
the Notice of Initiation,'' dated May 1, 2024.
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    On May 22, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade 
Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an adequate substantive 
response from respondent interested parties.\6\ As a result, pursuant 
to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), 
Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order.
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    \6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews for April 2024,'' 
dated May 22, 2024.
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    On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline in this 
administrative proceeding by seven days.\7\ The deadline for the final 
results is now August 6, 2024.
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is cast iron soil pipe from China. 
For a full description of the scope, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\8\
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    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review is 
contained in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\9\ A list 
of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included 
as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \9\ See generally Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to 
lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the 
magnitude of the dumping likely to prevail are margins up to 235.93 
percent.\10\
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    \10\ Id. at 8.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to interested parties 
subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the return/
destruction or conversion to judicial protective order 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 order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is 
subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.218.

    Dated: August 5, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of the Margins Likely To Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-17627 Filed 8-7-24; 8:45 am]
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