[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 25148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6437]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-549-817)


Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request by United States Steel Corporation 
(petitioner) and Nucor Corporation (Nucor), a domestic interested 
party, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products from Thailand with respect to 
Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Company Limited (SSI) and Nakornthai 
Strip Mill Public Co., Ltd. (NSM).\1\ No other interested party 
requested a review with respect to SSI. The period of review is 
November 1, 2004, through October 31, 2005. On March 22, 2006, 
petitioner and Nucor withdrew their request for an administrative 
review of SSI. Accordingly, the Department is now rescinding the 
administrative review of SSI, while continuing the review with respect 
to NSM.
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    \1\ The Department notes that only petitioner requested a review 
of NSM.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 7, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-0193.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 29, 2001, the Department published the antidumping duty 
order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Thailand. 
See Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from Thailand, 66 FR 59562 (November 29, 2001).
    On November 1, 2005, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order covering certain hot-rolled carbon steel 
flat products from Thailand. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 70 FR 65883 (November 1, 2005). On November 30, 
2005, the Department received a timely request from petitioner and 
Nucor for an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Thailand with 
respect to SSI. On December 22, 2005, in accordance with section 751(a) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department 
published a notice of initiation of the administrative review of SSI, 
covering the period November 1, 2004, through October 31, 2005. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 76024 (December 22, 
2005).
    On January 3, 2006, the Department released the antidumping duty 
questionnaire to SSI. On March 22, 2006, petitioner and Nucor withdrew 
their request in a timely manner for an administrative review of SSI. 
No other party had requested a review of SSI.

Rescission of the Administrative Review

    Pursuant to the Department's regulations, 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.'' See 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1). Because petitioner and Nucor withdrew their request for 
an administrative review for SSI on March 22, 2006, which is within the 
90-day deadline, and no other party requested a review of SSI, the 
Department is rescinding this administrative review with respect to SSI 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). The administrative review with 
respect to NSM will continue. The Department will issue appropriate 
assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection within 15 
days of publication of this notice.

Notification Regarding APOs

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/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 violation which is subject to sanction.
    The Department is issuing and publishing this notice in accordance 
with section 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: April 21, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-6437 Filed 4-27-06; 8:45 am]
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