[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 13699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6257]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-834-802]


Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium 
From Kazakhstan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States 
Department of Commerce and the Republic of Kazakhstan Suspending the 
Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from Kazakhstan.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) and the Republic 
of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan) have signed an Amendment (the Amendment) to 
the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from 
Kazakhstan (the Agreement).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Doyle or Maureen Price, Office 
of Agreements Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0172 or (202) 482-0159, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 16, 1992, the Department and Kazakhstan signed the 
Agreement and, on October 30, 1992, the Agreement was published in the 
Federal Register (57 FR 49220, 49222). On November 9, 1994, the 
Department and Kazakhstan initialled an Amendment to include highly 
enriched uranium (HEU) within the product coverage of the Agreement. 
The Department subsequently released the Amendment to interested 
parties for comment. After careful consideration by the Department of 
the comments submitted and further consultations between the parties, 
the Department and Kazakhstan signed a final Amendment on February 7, 
1995. The text of the final Amendment follows this notice.

    Date: March 6, 1995.
Paul L. Joffe,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States Department of 
Commerce and the Republic of Kazakhstan Suspending the Antidumping 
Investigation on Uranium from Kazakhstan

    The United States Department of Commerce and the Republic of 
Kazakhstan hereby amend their Agreement Suspending the Antidumping 
Investigation on Uranium from Kazakhstan, signed October 16, 1992, as 
follows:
    Section III, ``Product Coverage,'' is amended to include the 
following paragraph:
    Highly enriched uranium (``HEU'') is within the scope of this 
investigation, and HEU is covered by this Agreement. For the purpose of 
this Agreement, HEU means uranium enriched to 20 percent or greater in 
the isotope uranium-235, whether in the form of metal, uranium oxide, 
fuel rods, or powder.
    Section IV is amended to include the following paragraph L:
    L.1. Exports of HEU pursuant to the Purchase Agreement Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Republic of 
Kazakhstan, completed November 17, 1994 (``Purchase Agreement'') will 
not be counted against the export limits established in accordance with 
paragraph C of this section. The disposition of the HEU is in the 
public interest because: (1) the HEU or products from it will be 
processed or delivered by the United States Department of Energy, its 
governmental successors, its contractors, assigns, or U.S. private 
parties acting in a manner not inconsistent with the Purchase 
Agreement; (2) any utility-owned uranium products delivered pursuant to 
enrichment contracts affected by the purchase of HEU or HEU products 
will not be resold in the United States, either as natural uranium or 
as low enriched uranium (``LEU'') produced in excess of the 
contractually-specified amount; (3) contracts for the purchase of HEU 
or HEU products from Kazakhstan will be provided to the Department; (4) 
annual summaries of utilization of HEU and HEU products and associated 
utility feed will be provided to the Department; and (5) the Department 
determines that permitting importation of all or any portion of the HEU 
in question is consistent with the purposes of this Agreement.
    2. Exports of HEU must be accompanied by an export certificate 
endorsed by the Republic of Kazakhstan specifying the amount of the 
export.
    This Amendment constitutes an integral part of the Agreement 
Between the United States Department of Commerce and the Republic of 
Kazakhstan Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from 
Kazakhstan.

    Signed on this 7th day of February, 1995.

    For the Republic of Kazakhstan:
Tuleutai S. Suleimenov,
Ambassador to the United States.
    For the United States Department of Commerce:
Paul L. Joffe,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-6257 Filed 3-13-95; 8:45 am]
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