[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31610-31611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14909]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 731-TA-339 (Review) and 731-TA-340-A through 340-I 
(Review)]


Solid Urea From Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, 
Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan \1\

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

    \1\ The investigation numbers are as follows: Romania is 731-TA-
339 (Review) and Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan are, respectively, 
731-TA-340-A through 340-I (Review).
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ACTION: Scheduling of expedited five-year reviews concerning the 
antidumping duty orders on solid urea from Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, 
Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and 
Uzbekistan.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of 
expedited reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(3) of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1675(c)(3)) (the Act) to determine whether 
revocation of the antidumping duty orders on solid urea from Armenia, 
Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, 
Ukraine, and Uzbekistan would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. For 
further information concerning the conduct of these reviews and rules 
of general application, consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 
207, subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207). Recent amendments to 
the Rules of Practice and Procedure pertinent to five-year reviews, 
including the text of subpart F of part 207, are published at 63 FR 
30599, June 5, 1998, and may be downloaded from the Commission's World 
Wide Web site at http://www.usitc.gov/rules.htm.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 3, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Noreen (202-205-3167), Office 
of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background.--On June 3, 1999, the Commission determined that the 
domestic interested party group responses to its notice of institution 
(64 FR 10020, March 1, 1999) of the subject five-year reviews were 
adequate and that the respondent interested party group responses were 
inadequate. The Commission did not find any other circumstances that 
would warrant conducting full reviews.2 Accordingly, the 
Commission determined that it would conduct expedited reviews pursuant 
to section 751(c)(3) of the Act.3
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    \2\ Commissioner Hillman dissenting. A record of the 
Commissioners' votes, the Commission's statement on adequacy, and 
any individual Commissioner's statements will be available from the 
Office of the Secretary and at the Commission's web site.
    \3\ Commissioner Hillman dissenting.
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    Staff report.--A staff report containing information concerning the 
subject matter of the reviews will be placed in the nonpublic record on 
August 2, 1999, and made available to persons on the Administrative 
Protective Order service list for these reviews. A public version will 
be issued thereafter, pursuant to section 207.62(d)(4) of the 
Commission's rules.
    Written submissions.--As provided in section 207.62(d) of the 
Commission's rules, interested parties that are parties to the reviews 
and that have provided individually adequate responses to the notice of 
institution,4 and any party other than an interested party 
to the reviews may file written comments with the Secretary on what 
determination the Commission should reach in the reviews. Comments are 
due on or before August 5, 1999, and may not contain new factual 
information. Any person that is neither a party to the five-year 
reviews nor an interested party may submit a brief written statement 
(which shall not contain any new factual information) pertinent to the 
reviews by August 5, 1999. If comments contain business proprietary 
information (BPI), they must conform with the requirements of sections 
201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's rules. The Commission's 
rules do not authorize filing of submissions with the Secretary by 
facsimile or electronic means.
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    \4\ The Commission has found responses submitted by Agrium US, 
Inc.; CF Industries, Inc.; Coastal Chem, Inc.; Mississippi Chemical 
Corp.; PCS Nitrogen, Inc.; Terra Industries, Inc.; the Ad Hoc 
Committee of Domestic Nitrogen Producers; and the Government of 
Romania to be individually adequate. Comments from other interested 
parties will not be accepted (see 19 CFR 207.62(d)(2)).
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    In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, each 
document filed by a party to the reviews must be served on all other 
parties to the reviews (as identified by either the public or BPI 
service list), and a certificate of service must be timely filed. The 
Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a certificate 
of service.
    Determination.--The Commission has determined to exercise its 
authority to extend the reviews period by up to 90 days pursuant to 19 
U.S.C. Sec. 1675(c)(5)(B).

    Authority: These reviews are being conducted under authority of 
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 
pursuant to section 207.62 of the Commission's rules.

    Issued: June 7, 1999.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14909 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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