[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77378-77379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24673]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-808]


Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium: Notice of Rescission 
of Antidumping Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from Allegheny Ludlum and United 
Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC

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(collectively, ``Petitioners'') and Ugine & ALZ Belgium, NV 
(Respondent), the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
plate in coils (SSPC) from Belgium. See Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 70 FR 37749 
(Initiation Notice). This administrative review covered the period of 
May 1, 2004, through April 30, 2005. We are now rescinding this review 
as a result of both Petitioners' and Respondent's withdrawal of their 
requests for an administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page or Scott Lindsay, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, US Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Room 7866, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1398 
and (202) 482-0780, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published an antidumping duty order on SSPC from 
Belgium on May 21, 1999. See Antidumping Duty Orders; Certain Stainless 
Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Republic of 
Korea, South Africa, and Taiwan, 67 FR 27756 (May 21, 1999). On May 2, 
2005, the Department published a notice of ``Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review'' of the antidumping duty order for the period of 
May 1, 2004, through April 30, 2005. See Notice of Opportunity to 
Request Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Order, Finding or Suspended Investigation, 70 FR 22631 (May 2, 2005). 
Both Petitioners and Respondent requested that the Department conduct 
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on SSPC from 
Belgium on May 31, 2005. In response to these requests, the Department 
initiated an antidumping duty administrative review on SSPC from 
Belgium on June 30, 2005. See Initiation Notice, 70 FR 37749.
    On August 2, 2005, Petitioners withdrew their request for an 
administrative review. On August 27, 2005, Respondent requested, 
pursuant to section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations, an 
extension of the deadline to withdraw its request for an administrative 
review. On September 27, 2005, we extended the deadline to withdraw 
until no later than December 2, 2005. See Letter from the Department to 
Ugine & ALZ Belgium dated September 27, 2005. On December 2, 2005, 
Respondent submitted a letter withdrawing its request for an 
administrative review. These were the only requests for an 
administrative review of this order for the period May 1, 2004 through 
April 30, 2005.

Rescission of the Administrative Review

    Pursuant to section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations, 
the Secretary will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in 
part, 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. Section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations 
also states that the Secretary may extend this time limit if the 
Secretary decides that it is reasonable to do so. The initiation notice 
for this review was published on June 30, 2005. We received 
Petitioners' withdrawal request on August 2, 2005, within the 90 days 
after publication of the initiation notice. We received Respondent's 
request for withdrawal on December 2, 2005, within the extended time 
period granted by the Department. Since all parties who requested this 
administrative review have withdrawn their requests in a timely manner, 
we are rescinding this review. The Department will issue appropriate 
assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection within 15 
days of publication of this notice.

Administrative Protective Orders

    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 Section 351.305(a)(3) of the Department's 
regulation. 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 notice is issued and published in accordance with Section 
777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and Section 351.213(d)(4) 
of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: December 23, 2005.
Stephen J. Clays,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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