[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43771-43773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20928]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-122-057]


Replacement Parts for Self-Propelled Bituminous Paving Equipment 
from Canada; Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed 
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Intent to 
Revoke Antidumping Duty Finding

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

ACTION: Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed 
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Intent to 
Revoke Antidumping Duty Finding.

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SUMMARY: In response to requests from the Blaw-Knox Construction 
Equipment Corporation (Blaw-Knox), the petitioner in this proceeding, 
and the Road Machinery Division of Ingersoll-Rand Company (IR), the 
only respondent in the administrative reviews covering the periods 
September 1, 1991 through August 31, 1992 (1991-92) and September 1, 
1992 through August 31, 1993 (1992-93), the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) is initiating a changed circumstances antidumping duty 
administrative review and issuing a notice of intent to revoke the 
antidumping duty finding. Blaw-Knox has filed a submission stating that 
it no longer has any interest in the antidumping finding. In addition, 
the petitioner has consulted with interested parties who are known to 
them to be involved in the U.S. production of replacement parts, 
Barber-Greene and Cedarapids, and did not find any opposition to the 
revocation of the finding. Blaw-Knox and IR also requested that this 
revocation be retroactive to the beginning of the 1991-92 
administrative review period, September 1, 1991. Therefore, based on 
the fact that domestic interested parties 

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are no longer interested in the antidumping duty finding on self-
propelled bituminous paving equipment from Canada, we intend to revoke 
the finding. The revocation will apply to all shipments of subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after September 1, 1991. We invite interested parties to comment on 
these preliminary results and our intent to revoke the finding.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 23, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest or Kelly Parkhill, 
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Pursuant to section 751(d) and 782(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (1995) (the Act), the Department may revoke an antidumping duty 
order based on a review under section 751(b) of the Act (i.e., a 
changed circumstances review). Section 751(b)(1) of the Act requires a 
changed circumstances administrative review to be conducted upon 
receipt of a request containing sufficient information concerning 
changed circumstances.
    On September 7, 1977, the Department published the antidumping 
finding on replacement parts for self-propelled bituminous paving 
equipment from Canada. On August 1, 1995, Blaw-Knox submitted a letter 
to the Department stating that it has no further interest in the 
antidumping duty finding on replacement parts for self-propelled 
bituminous paving equipment from Canada and requested retroactive 
revocation for all entries of subject merchandise made on or after 
September 1, 1991. September 1, 1991, is the beginning of the review 
period for the earliest period for which there is no completed 
administrative review; there are pending reviews for the 1991-92 and 
1992-93 review periods. The request is based on changed circumstances 
in accordance with 19 CFR 353.25(d)(1994). In addition, Blaw-Knox has 
consulted with the other major U.S. producers of replacement parts, 
Barber-Greene and Cedarapids, and did not find any opposition to the 
revocation of the finding. This changed circumstances administrative 
review covers all producers and/or exporters of the subject merchandise 
and all shipments of this merchandise to the United States.

Scope of the Reviews

    Imports covered by this changed circumstances review are 
replacement parts for self-propelled bituminous paving equipment, 
excluding attachments and parts for attachments. This merchandise is 
currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item 
numbers 4016.93.10, 7315.11.00, 7315.89.50, 7315.90.00, 8336.50.00, 
8479.99.00, 8481.20.00, 8482.10.10, 8483.90.90, 8539.29.20, 8544.20.00, 
8544.41.00, 8544.51.80, 8544.60.20, and 9015.30.40. The HTS item 
numbers are provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The written 
description remains dispositive.
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, and Intent To Revoke the Finding

    The Department's regulations at 19 CFR 353.25(d)(2) require the 
Department to conduct a changed circumstances administrative review 
under section 353.22(f) based upon an affirmative statement of no 
interest from the petitioner in the proceeding. Section 353.25(d)(1)(i) 
further provides that the Department may revoke an order or revoke an 
order in part if it determines that the order under review is no longer 
of interest to interested parties. In addition, in the event that the 
Department concludes that expedited action is warranted, section 
353.22(f)(4) of the regulations permit the Department to combine the 
notices of initiation and preliminary results.
    Therefore, in accordance with sections 751(d) and 782(h) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 353.25(d) and 353.22(f), based on an affirmative statement 
of no interest in the proceeding by the petitioner Blaw-Knox, we are 
initiating this changed circumstances administrative review. Further, 
based on the petitioner's affirmative statement of no further interest 
in these proceedings, not opposed by statements of interest by other 
domestic interested parties, we determine that expedited action is 
warranted, and we preliminarily determine that the finding on 
replacement parts for self-propelled bituminous paving equipment from 
Canada is no longer of interest to domestic interested parties. Because 
we have concluded that expedited action is warranted, we are combining 
the notice of initiation and preliminary results.
    We are hereby notifying the public of our preliminary determination 
to revoke this antidumping duty finding. If this preliminary 
determination to revoke this finding is made final, the effective date 
of the revocation will be September 1, 1991, the beginning of the 
currently pending 1991-92 administrative review.
    If final revocation occurs, we intend to instruct the U.S. Customs 
Service (Customs) to liquidate without regard to antidumping duties all 
entries of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of revocation 
in accordance with 19 CFR 353.25(d)(5). We also intend to instruct 
Customs to refund with interest any estimated antidumping duties 
collected with respect to entries made on or after September 1, 1991, 
in accordance with section 778 of the Act. The current requirement for 
a cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties will continue until 
publication of the final results of this changed circumstances 
administrative review.

Public Comment

    Interested parties may request a hearing within 10 days of the date 
of publication of this notice. Case briefs and/or other written 
comments from interested parties may be submitted not later than 14 
days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to arguments raised in case briefs, may be submitted seven days 
after the time limit for filing case briefs. Copies of case briefs and 
rebuttal briefs must be served on interested parties in accordance with 
section 353.31(e) of the Department's regulations (1994). Persons 
interested in attending the hearing should contact the Department for 
the date and time of the hearing.
    Representatives of parties to the proceeding may request disclosure 
of proprietary information under administrative protective order no 
later than 10 days after the representative's client or employer 
becomes a party to the proceeding, but in no event later than the date 
the case briefs, under 19 CFR 353.38(c)(1994), are due. The Department 
will publish the final results of this changed circumstances 
administrative review and its decision on revocation of this 
antidumping duty finding, as well as the results of its analysis of 
issues raised in any case or rebuttal brief.
    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to parties 
subject to administrative protective orders (APOs) of their 
responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written 
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion 
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 

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comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    This notice of changed circumstances administrative review and 
intent to revoke are in accordance with sections 751 (b)(1) and (d) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (b)(1) and (d) (1995)) and 19 CFR 353.22(f) and 
353.25(d) (1994).

    Dated: August 16, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-20928 Filed 8-22-95; 8:45 am]
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