[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48691-48692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23337]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-122-057]


Replacement Parts for Self-Propelled Bituminous Paving Equipment 
From Canada; Termination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Finding

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

ACTION: Notice of Termination of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Reviews, Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Finding.

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SUMMARY: On September 7, 1977, the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) 
published an antidumping duty finding on replacement parts for self-
propelled bituminous paving equipment (hereinafter ``paving parts'') 
from Canada. On October 22, 1992, and on October 18, 1993, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated administrative 
reviews of the antidumping duty finding covering the periods September 
1, 1991 through August 31, 1992 (1991-92), and September 1, 1992 
through August 31, 1993(1992-93), respectively. On August 23, 1995, the 
Department initiated a changed circumstances antidumping duty 
administrative review and issued the preliminary results of changed 
circumstances antidumping duty administrative review stating its intent 
to revoke the antidumping duty finding based on petitioner's request of 
August 1, 1995. We are now revoking the finding, effective September 1, 
1991, based on the fact that the finding is no longer of interest to 
domestic parties. As a result, we are also terminating the two ongoing 
reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 20, 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, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 7, 1977, Treasury published an antidumping duty 
finding on paving parts from Canada (42 FR 41811). On September 11, 
1992, Blaw-Knox Construction Equipment Corporation (Blaw-Knox), the 
petitioner, and on September 28, 1992, the Allatt Paving Equipment 
Division of Ingersoll-Rand (IR), the respondent, requested an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty finding, covering the 
period September 1, 1991 through August 31, 1992. On October 22, 1992, 
the Department initiated the administrative review (57 FR 48201). On 
September 21, 1993, and September 30, 1993, IR and Blaw-Knox, 
respectively, requested an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty finding covering the period September 1, 1992 through August 31, 
1993. On October 18, 1993, the Department initiated this administrative 
review (58 FR 53710).
    On August 1, 1995, Blaw-Knox, the petitioner in this proceeding, 
submitted a request for a changed circumstances administrative review 
to revoke the finding on paving parts from Canada. In addition, Blaw-
Knox requested that the revocation be effective retroactively to 
September 1, 1991, thereby terminating the currently pending 1991-92 
and 1992-93 administrative reviews. Blaw-Knox made this request based 
on the fact that the finding on paving parts is no longer of interest 
to the petitioner.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 353.25(d)(1), we preliminarily determined that 
Blaw-Knox's affirmative statement of no interest constitutes good cause 
for conducting a changed circumstances review. Consequently, on August 
23, 1995, the Department published a notice of initiation and 
preliminary results of changed circumstances antidumping duty 
administrative review stating its intent to revoke the finding (60 FR 
43772). We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
preliminary results of this changed circumstances review. We received 
no comments.

Scope of Review

    The merchandise covered by this changed circumstances review is 
replacement parts for self-propelled bituminous paving equipment from 
Canada, excluding attachments and parts for attachments. This 
merchandise is currently classified 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.
    This changed circumstances administrative review covers all 
manufacturers/exporters of replacement parts for self-propelled 
bituminous paving equipment from Canada.

Final Results of Review; Revocation of Antidumping Duty Finding; 
Termination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

    The evidence of record indicates that the finding is no longer of 
interest to interested parties, as defined in paragraphs (k)(3), 
(k)(4), (k)(5), and (k)(6) of section 353.2 of the Department's 
regulations. Therefore, the Department is revoking the finding on 
paving parts from Canada in accordance with sections 751(d) and 782(h) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 
353.25(d)(1). This revocation applies to all entries of the subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after September 1, 1991. Accordingly, the Department is terminating the 
1991-92 and 1992-93 reviews.
    The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service (Customs) to 
proceed with liquidation, without regard to antidumping duties, of all 
unliquidated entries of paving parts from Canada entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 1, 1991. The 
Department will further instruct Customs to refund with interest any 
estimated duties collected with respect to unliquidated entries of 
paving parts from Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

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consumption on or after September 1, 1991, in accordance with section 
778 of the Act.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protection 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 comply with the 
regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This changed circumstances administrative review, revocation of the 
antidumping duty finding, termination of the 1991-92 and 1992-93 
administrative reviews, and notice are in accordance with sections 
751(b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and sections 353.22(f) and 
353.25(d) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: September 13, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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