Utility Scale Wind Towers From the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-981, A-552-814] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Effective Date: January 24, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan or Erin Kearney at (202) 482-4081 or (202) 482-0167, respectively (the People's Republic of China (the “PRC”)), AD/CVD Operations, Office 4; or Brandon Farlander or Trisha Tran at (202) 482-0182 or (202) 482-4852, respectively (the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (“Vietnam”)), AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Petitions On December 29, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the “Department”) received petitions concerning imports of utility scale wind towers (“wind towers”) from the PRC and Vietnam filed in proper form on behalf of the Wind Tower Trade Coalition (“Petitioner”). See Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Utility Scale Wind Towers from the People's Republic of China and Antidumping Duties on Utility Scale Wind Towers from Vietnam filed on December 29, 2011 (the “Petitions”). On January 5 and 6, 2012, the Department requested additional information and clarification of certain areas of the Petitions. Petitioner filed responses to these …