[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 237 (Friday, December 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 76986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31352]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-825]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Italy; Rescission 
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of rescission of countervailing duty administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: In response to an August 31, 2000, request made by Acciai 
Speciali Terni S.p.A, a producer/exporter of stainless steel sheet and 
strip in coils from Italy, and Acciai Speciali Terni USA, Inc., a U.S. 
importer of subject merchandise, on October 2, 2000 (65 FR 58733), the 
Department of Commerce published the initiation of an administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on stainless steel sheet and 
strip in coils from Italy, covering the period November 17, 1998, 
through December 31, 1999. This review has now been rescinded as a 
result of the timely withdrawal of the request for review by Acciai 
Speciali Terni S.p.A and Acciai Speciali Terni USA, Inc.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 8, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Campbell or Suresh Maniam, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Group I, Office 1, Import Administration, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-2239 and (202) 482-0176, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department of Commerce's (Department) regulations 
refer to 19 CFR part 351 (1999).

Background

    On August 6, 1999, the Department published a countervailing duty 
order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Italy (64 FR 
42923). On August 31, 2000, Acciai Speciali Terni S.p.A. (AST), a 
producer/exporter of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from 
Italy, and Acciai Speciali Terni USA, Inc. (AST USA), a U.S. importer 
of subject merchandise, requested an administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils 
from Italy of the relevant period. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), we published the initiation of the review on October 
2, 2000 (65 FR 58733). On November 21, 2000, AST and AST USA withdrew 
their request for review.

Rescission of Review

    The Department's regulations, at 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), provide that 
the Department will rescind an administrative review if a party that 
requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. AST 
withdrew its request for an administrative review on November 21, 2000, 
which is within the 90-day deadline. No other party requested a review 
of AST's sales. Therefore, the Department is rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to AST.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: December 4, 2000.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-31352 Filed 12-07-00; 8:45 am]
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