[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 49451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24168]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service


Distribution of Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset to Affected 
Domestic Producers

AGENCY: Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of due date for receipt of certifications.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 
2000 (CDSOA), this document gives further notice of the time within 
which affected domestic producers must file certifications to obtain a 
distribution of assessed antidumping duties or countervailing duties 
that were collected in Fiscal Year 2001 in connection with antidumping 
duty orders or findings or countervailing duty orders. This 
distribution under the CDSOA is known as the continued dumping and 
subsidy offset.

DATES: Written certifications to obtain a continued dumping and subsidy 
offset under a particular order or finding must be received no later 
than October 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written certifications should be addressed to: Assistant 
Commissioner, Office of Regulations and Rulings, U.S. Customs Service, 
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20229 (ATTN: 
Jeffrey J. Laxague).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey J. Laxague, Office of 
Regulations and Rulings (202-927-0505).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 
(CDSOA) (19 U.S.C. 1675c), Customs published in the Federal Register 
(66 FR 40782) on August 3, 2001, a notice of intention to distribute 
assessed antidumping or countervailing duties that were collected in 
Fiscal Year 2001 in connection with antidumping duty orders or findings 
or countervailing duty orders. The August 3, 2001, notice listed the 
individual antidumping duty orders or findings and countervailing duty 
orders, together with the affected domestic producers associated with 
each order or finding, who were potentially eligible to receive a 
distribution (known as a continued dumping and subsidy offset).
    In the August 3, 2001, notice, Customs provided alternative due 
dates within which written certifications to claim an offset had to be 
filed by affected domestic producers. Specifically, it was stated that 
Customs would have to receive certifications to claim an offset by the 
later of October 2, 2001, or 10 days after the effective date of the 
final regulations implementing the provisions of the CDSOA. The purpose 
of the alternative due date was to ensure that the submission of 
certifications could be withheld until after a final rule document was 
issued which would resolve certain matters that could affect the filing 
of the certifications. These matters involved the public disclosure of 
particular information contained in the certifications and the adoption 
of procedures that would cover the filing of certifications both by 
successor companies to those listed on an order or finding and by 
associations on behalf of their members.
    The August 3, 2001, notice further stated that the specific 
alternative date for the receipt of certifications would be published 
in the Federal Register. To this end, because the final regulations 
implementing the CDSOA were published in the Federal Register (66 FR 
48546) as T.D. 01-68 on, and were effective as of, September 21, 2001, 
the operative date in this latter respect is October 1, 2001.
    Accordingly, certifications submitted by affected domestic 
producers to claim an offset under the CDSOA must be received by 
Customs no later than October 2, 2001.

    Dated: September 24, 2001.
Harold M. Singer,
Chief, Regulations Branch.
[FR Doc. 01-24168 Filed 9-26-01; 8:45 am]
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