[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39145-39146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18812]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-822, A-122-823]


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products and 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Canada: Rescission in 
Part and in Whole of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

ACTION: Rescission in part and in whole of antidumping duty 
administrative reviews: certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat 
products and certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from canada.

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SUMMARY: In response to timely requests from interested parties, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated administrative 
reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain corrosion-resistant 
carbon steel flat products (CORE) and certain cut-to-length carbon 
steel plate (CTL plate) from Canada. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 65 FR 58733 (October 2, 2000). These reviews cover five 
manufacturers/exporters of CORE for the period from August 1, 1999 
through July 31, 2000, and three manufacturers/exporters of CTL plate 
for the period from August 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999. Because 
certain interested parties have withdrawn their requests for review, 
the Department is rescinding, in whole, its review of CORE and 
rescinding, in part, its review of CTL plate in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelali Elouaradia or Julio 
Fernandez, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III, Office 7, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 
20230; telephone (202) 482-1374 or (202) 482-0190, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are 
to the provisions codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (2000).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published in the Federal Register antidumping duty 
orders on CORE and CTL plate from Canada on August 19, 1993. See 
Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 
Products and Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Canada, 58 
FR 44162 (August 19, 1993). The Department received timely requests 
from interested parties to conduct administrative reviews pursuant to 
Sec. 351.213(b) of the Department's regulations. On September 26, 2000, 
the Department initiated an administrative review covering five 
manufacturers/exporters of CORE: Stelco, Inc. (Stelco), Continuous 
Colour Coat, Ltd. (CCC), Sorevco, Inc. (Sorevco), Dofasco, Inc. 
(Dofasco), and National Steel Corporation (National). We also initiated 
an administrative review of three manufacturers/exporters of CTL plate: 
Stelco, Clayson Steel Inc. (Clayson), and Gerdau MRM Steel (MRM). See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 65 FR 58733 (October 2, 2000).
    On November 17, 2000, Sorevco and Dofasco withdrew their requests 
for an administrative review of CORE. The Department received a letter 
on November 28, 2000 from National withdrawing its request for an 
administrative review of CORE. On December 5, 2000, the petitioner 
withdrew its request for an administrative review of CORE with respect 
to CCC, and on December 13, 2000, the petitioner withdrew its request 
for an administrative review of CORE with respect to Stelco. The 
petitioner withdrew its request for an administrative review of CORE 
with respect to Sorevco and Dofasco on November 20, 2000. Sorevco, 
Dofasco, Stelco, and CCC were the only producers of CORE for which 
petitioners had requested a review.
    On May 8, 2001, MRM withdrew its request for a review of CTL plate. 
The petitioner withdrew its request for an administrative review of CTL 
plate with respect to Stelco on December 13, 2000, and with respect to 
MRM on May 11, 2001, the only producers of CTL plate for which it had 
requested a review.
    On December 8, 2000, the Department revoked the antidumping duty 
order on CTL plate from Canada, effective January 1, 2000, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act. See Revocation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Carbon Steel Products From 
Canada, Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, and Sweden, 65 FR 78467 
(December 15, 2000). As a result of the revocation of this order, the 
period of review for the seventh administrative review of CTL plate is 
shortened to the period from August 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999.
    Due to extraordinarily complicated issues in this case, the 
Department extended the deadline for completion of these antidumping 
duty administrative reviews on February 26, 2001. See Certain 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products and Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon Steel Plate From Canada: Extension of Time Limits for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 66 FR 12924 
(March 1, 2001).

Rescission, in Whole, of Antidumping Administrative Review of CORE

    Pursuant to our regulations, the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, ``if a party that requested the review withdraws 
the request within 90 days of the date of publication of notice of 
initiation of the requested review.'' See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). This 
section further provides that the Secretary may extend this time limit 
if the Secretary decides that it is reasonable to do so. See 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1). In this case, the interested parties' withdrawals of 
their requests for review were within the 90-day time limit. Therefore, 
the Department has determined that it is reasonable to rescind, in 
whole, the administrative review of CORE for the period August 1, 1999 
through July 31, 2000. The Department will issue appropriate assessment 
instructions to the U.S. Customs Service (Customs).

Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Administrative Review of CTL 
Plate

    Pursuant to our regulations, the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, ``if a party that requested the review withdraws 
the request within 90 days of the date of publication of notice of 
initiation of the requested review.'' See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). This 
section further

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provides that the Secretary may extend this time limit if the Secretary 
decides that it is reasonable to do so. See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). In 
this case, petitioners' withdrawal of its request for review with 
respect to Stelco was within the 90-day time limit. Petitioners' 
withdrawal of its request for review with respect to MRM and MRM's 
withdrawal of its request for review were not within the 90-day time 
limit. However, because there were no objections from other interested 
parties, the Department has determined that it is reasonable to rescind 
in part the administrative review of CTL plate with respect to Stelco 
and MRM for the period August 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999. 
Further, the Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions 
to Customs. The Department is not rescinding its review of CTL plate 
with respect to Clayson for the period of August 1, 1999 through 
December 31, 1999. Therefore, the Department's CTL plate review now 
covers Clayson only for the period August 1, 1999 through December 31, 
1999.
    This notice 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 terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    This determination and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4) and sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Date: July 18, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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