[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7167-7168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3547]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-122-823]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Canada: Final 
Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, and Revocation of Order (in Part)

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of changed circumstances antidumping 
duty administrative review, and revocation in part of antidumping duty 
order.

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SUMMARY: On August 19, 1993, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published an antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-
length carbon steel plate from Canada. On December 28, 1998, the 
Department simultaneously initiated a changed circumstances antidumping 
duty administrative review and issued the preliminary results of this 
review expressing an intent to revoke the order in part. We are now 
revoking this order in part, with regard to certain cut-to-length 
carbon steel plate free of cobalt-60 and other radioactive nuclides, 
based on the fact that domestic parties (petitioners in the underlying 
proceeding 1) have expressed no interest in the importation 
or sale of cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel plate produced in 
Canada as described in the ``Scope of Review'' section below.

    \1\ The petitioners are: Bethlehem Steel Corporation, U.S. Steel 
Group (a unit of USX Corporation), Inland Steel Industries, Inc., 
Gulf States Steel Inc. of Alabama, Sharon Steel Corporation, Geneva 
Steel, and Lukens Steel Company.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley (202-482-4106) or Maureen 
Flannery (202-482-3020), Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20230.

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    The Applicable Statute and Regulations: Unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the statute are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments to the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (the Act) by the Uruguay Rounds Agreements Act. In addition, 
unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to the regulations as codified at 19 CFR Part 351 
(April 1998).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In response to a request by Canberra Industries, Inc., (Canberra) 
that the Department conduct a changed circumstances administrative 
review to determine whether to revoke in part the order with regard to 
certain cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel plate, on December 4, 
1998, the petitioners informed the Department in writing that they did 
not object to the changed circumstances review and had no interest in 
the importation or sale of cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel 
plate produced in Canada as described in the ``Scope of Review'' 
section below. The Department has previously revoked from the order a 
similar cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel plate product, also 
per Canberra's request. See, Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 
From Canada: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, and Revocation in Part of Antidumping Duty Order 
61 FR 7471 (Feb. 28, 1996).
    We preliminarily determined that petitioners' affirmative statement 
of no interest constitutes good cause for conducting a changed 
circumstances review and for partially revoking the order. 
Consequently, on January 6, 1999, the Department published a notice of 
initiation, preliminary results of review, and intent to revoke order 
in part (64 FR 846). This determination did not affect the order with 
regard to other cut-to-length carbon steel plate. 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 circumstance review 
includes cut-to-length carbon steel plate meeting the following 
criteria: (1) 100% dry steel plates, virgin steel, no scrap content 
(free of cobalt-60 and other radioactive nuclides); (2) .300 inches 
maximum thickness, plus 0.0, minus .030 inches; (3) 48.00 inches wide, 
minimum; (4) 20 foot lengths; (5) flatness, plus/minus 0.5 inches over 
10 feet; (6) AISI 1006; (7) tension leveled; (8) pickled and oiled; and 
(9) carbon content, .03 to .08 (max). This merchandise is currently 
classified under subheading HTS 7208.52.0000. HTS numbers are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the 
scope of this review remains dispositive.
    This changed circumstances administrative review covers all 
manufacturers/exporters of cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel 
plate from Canada.

Final Results of Review; Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty 
Order

    The petitioners' affirmative statement of no interest in this case 
constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant partial 
revocation of this order. See 782(h) of the Act; 19 CFR 
351.222(g)(1)(i). Therefore, the Department is partially revoking this 
order on certain cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel plate from 
Canada, described above, in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the 
Act.
    The Department will, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.222(g)(4), 
instruct the U.S. Customs Service to proceed with liquidation, without 
regard to antidumping duties, of all unliquidated entries of cobalt-60-
free cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Canada with the 
specifications described above not subject to final results of an 
administrative review, and to refund with interest any estimated 
antidumping duties collected with respect to such entries.
    This changed circumstances administrative review, partial 
revocation of the antidumping duty order, and notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(b)(1) and 782(h) of the Act and sections 351.216, 
351.221(c)(3), and 351.222(g) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: February 3, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-3547 Filed 2-11-99; 8:45 am]
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