[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4551]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Intent to Revoke Countervailing Duty Orders

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Revoke Countervailing Duty Orders.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is notifying the 
public of its intent to revoke the countervailing duty orders listed 
below. Domestic interested parties who object to revocation of any of 
these orders must submit their comments in writing not later than the 
last day of March 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Albright or Cameron Cardozo, 
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

    The Department may revoke a countervailing duty order if the 
Secretary of Commerce concludes that it is no longer of interest to 
interested parties. Accordingly, as required by the Department's 
regulations (at 19 C.F.R. 355.25(d)(4)), we are notifying the public of 
our intent to revoke the countervailing duty orders listed below, for 
which the Department has not received a request to conduct an 
administrative review for the most recent four consecutive annual 
anniversary months.
    In accordance with section 355.25(d)(4)(iii) of the Department's 
regulations, if no domestic interested party (as defined in sections 
355.2(i)(3), (i)(4), (i)(5), and (i)(6) of the regulations) objects to 
the Department's intent to revoke these orders, and no interested party 
(as defined in section 355.2(i) of the regulations) requests an 
administrative review in accordance with the Department's notice of 
opportunity to request administrative review, we shall conclude that 
the countervailing duty orders are no longer of interest to interested 
parties and proceed with the revocations. However, if an interested 
party does request an administrative review in accordance with the 
Department's notice of opportunity to request administrative review, or 
a domestic interested party does object to the Department's intent to 
revoke pursuant to this notice, the Department will not revoke the 
order.

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        Countervailing duty orders                                      
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Brazil: Brass Sheet and Strip * (C-351-     01/08/87, 52 FR 698         
 604).                                                                  
Chile: Standard Carnations (C-337-601)....  03/19/87, 52 FR 8635        
France: Brass Sheet and Strip (C-427-603).  03/06/87, 52 FR 6996        
Iran: Raw Pistachios (C-507-501)..........  03/11/86, 51 FR 8344        
Israel: Oil Country Tubular Goods (C-508-   03/06/87, 52 FR 6999        
 601).                                                                  
Korea: Stainless Steel Cookware * (C-580-   01/20/87, 52 FR 2140        
 602).                                                                  
Spain: Stainless Steel Wire Rod * (C-469-   01/03/83, 48 FR 52          
 004).                                                                  
Taiwan: Stainless Steel Cookware * (C-583-  01/20/87, 52 FR 2141        
 604).                                                                  
Turkey: Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and       03/07/86, 51 FR 7984        
 Tubes (C-489-502).                                                     
Turkey: Welded Carbon Steel Line Pipe (C-   03/07/86, 51 FR 7984        
 489-502).                                                              
                                                                        
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* The anniversary month for the cases with an asterisk was January.     
  However, due to the partial shutdown of the Federal Government from   
  December 16, 1995 through January 6, 1996, the Department was unable  
  to publish a notice of intent to revoke these orders by January 1,    
  1996, pursuant to the Department's regulations. As a result, we have  
  included these orders in this notice, which is the first notice of    
  ``intent to revoke countervailing duty orders'' to be published since 
  the Department resumed operations. We are giving all interested       
  parties until March 31, 1996 to object to our intent to revoke these  
  orders. In addition, the Department published a notice of             
  ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' of these orders on   
  January 26, 1996. We did not receive a timely request for review of   
  any of the orders. Therefore, if we do not receive a timely objection 
  to our intent to revoke the orders, the orders will be revoked.       

Opportunity to Object

    Not later than the last day of March 1996, domestic interested 
parties may object to the Department's intent to revoke these 
countervailing duty orders. Any submission objecting to the revocation 
must contain the name and case number of the order and a statement that 
explains how the objecting party qualifies as a domestic interested 
party under sections 355.2(i)(3), (i)(4), (i)(5), or (i)(6) of the 
Department's regulations.
    A separate objection must be filed for each order. In instances 
where two or more countervailing duty orders share the same case number 
(e.g., C-489-502 covers carbon steel pipes and tubes and carbon steel 
line pipe from Turkey), an objection must be submitted for each 
separate order, as listed above.
    Seven copies of any such objections should be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, Room B-099, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street 
and Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    This notice is in accordance with 19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(i).

    Dated: February 22, 1996.
Roland L. MacDonald,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
[FR Doc. 96-4551 Filed 2-27-96; 8:45 am]
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