Utility Scale Wind Towers From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017

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 [C-570-982] 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 order on utility scale wind towers from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. DATES: Applicable June 29, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1009. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On April 16, 2018, based on a timely request for review by the Wind Tower Trade Coalition (the petitioner), [ 1 ] Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on utility scale wind towers from China with respect to 56 companies for the period January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. [ 2 ] On May 21, 2018, the petitioner withdrew its request for an administrative review of all 56 companies. [ 3 ] No other party requested a review of the countervailing duty order. 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…