[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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