[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38948-38949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19119]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

19 CFR Part 351


Countervailing Duties

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

ACTION: Notice of public hearing on proposed countervailing duty 
regulations and announcement of opportunity to file post-hearing 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department''), having 
received written comments on the proposed countervailing duty 
regulations, now announces that a public hearing on the regulations 
will be held on September 9, 1997. Requests to participate in the 
hearing must be filed by July 31, 1997. The Department is also 
announcing that it will accept public comments on issues raised at the 
hearing. The deadline for filing post-hearing comments is September 19, 
1997.

DATES: A public hearing will be held at 10:00 on September 9, 1997. 
Requests to participate in the hearing must be filed by August 7, 1997. 
The deadline for filing post-hearing comments is September 19, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Address requests to participate in the hearing and post-
hearing comments to the following: Robert S. LaRussa, Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration, Central Records Unit, Room 1870, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230. Requests to participate in the hearing should 
also include the following subject line: ``Request to participate in 
hearing on proposed CVD regulations.'' Each person submitting a request 
is asked to include his or her name, address, and phone number and to 
identify the party(ies) on whose behalf the request is

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filed. Written comments should include the following subject line: 
``Post-hearing comments regarding proposed CVD regulations.'' Each 
person submitting a comment is asked to include his or her name, 
address, and give reasons for any recommendation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer A. Yeske at (202) 482-0189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 26, 1997, the Department 
published proposed countervailing duty regulations containing changes 
resulting from the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (62 FR 8818). We 
requested written comments from the public to be submitted by April 28, 
1997. On April 23, 1997, we published a notification of extension of 
the deadline for filing comments to May 12, 1997 (62 FR 19719). The 
deadline was further extended to May 27, 1997 (62 FR 25874). We have 
received written comments and scheduled a public hearing for September 
9, 1997.
    The proposed regulations and the public comments received are 
available on the Internet at the following address: ``http://
www.ita.doc.gov/import__admin/records/.'' In addition, the proposed 
regulations are available to the public on 3.5'' diskettes, with 
specific instructions for accessing compressed data, at cost, and paper 
copies are available for reading and photocopying in Room B-099 of the 
Central Records Unit. Any questions concerning file formatting, 
document conversion, access on Internet, or other file requirements 
should be addressed to Andrew Lee Beller, Director of Central Records, 
(202) 482-0866.

Hearing

    A public hearing on the proposed regulations will be held at 10:00 
on September 9, 1997, in Room 1414 of the Herbert C. Hoover Building at 
Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. In order to 
participate in the hearing, parties must submit a written request to 
the Department no later than August 7, 1997. Written requests should 
detail the topics parties wish to discuss at the hearing. The 
Department will accommodate as many requesting parties as time permits. 
The hearing will include panel discussions on topics in which parties 
have shown a significant interest. At this time, we have identified 
``Privatization'' and ``Equity'' as panel topics. We invite interested 
parties to suggest additional topics and individuals to participate in 
the panel discussions.

Comments (Format and Number of Copies)

    The Department will accept post-hearing comments regarding any 
issues raised at the hearing or in any written comments previously 
submitted to the Department. The deadline for the submission of post-
hearing comments is September 19, 1997. Each person submitting a 
comment should include his or her name and address, and give reasons 
for any recommendation. To facilitate their consideration by the 
Department, comments regarding the proposed regulations should be 
submitted in the following format: (1) Identify each comment by 
reference to the section and/or paragraph of these proposed regulations 
to which the comment pertains; 1 (2) begin each comment on a 
separate page; (3) concisely state the issue identified and discussed 
in the comment; and (4) provide a brief summary of the comment (a 
maximum of 3 sentences) and label this section ``summary of the 
comment.''
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    \1\ If a comment does not pertain to a particular proposed 
regulation, please clearly identify the comment as ``Other,'' 
followed by a brief description of the issue to which the comment 
pertains; e.g., ``Other--Infrastructure.''
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    To simplify the processing and distribution of the public comments 
pertaining to the Department's proposed regulations, parties are 
encouraged to submit documents in electronic form accompanied by an 
original and three paper copies. All documents filed in electronic form 
must be on DOS formatted 3.5'' diskettes, and must be prepared in 
either WordPerfect format or a format that the WordPerfect program can 
convert and import into WordPerfect. If possible, the Department would 
appreciate the documents being filed in either ASCII format or 
WordPerfect, and containing generic codes. The Department would also 
appreciate the use of descriptive filenames.

Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
    Dated: July 14, 1997.
[FR Doc. 97-19119 Filed 7-18-97; 8:45 am]
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