[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 240 (Friday, December 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75675-75676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29487]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-588-862


High and Ultra-High Voltage Ceramic Station Post Insulators from 
Japan: Final Results of Sunset Review and Revocation of Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 3, 2008, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
initiated the sunset review of the antidumping duty order on high and 
ultra-high voltage ceramic station post insulators from Japan. Because 
the domestic interested parties did not participate in this sunset 
review, the Department is revoking this antidumping duty order.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 2008

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 30, 2003, the Department issued an antidumping duty 
order on high and ultra-high voltage ceramic station post insulators 
from Japan. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: High and Ultra-High 
Voltage Ceramic Station Post Insulators from Japan, 68 FR 75211 (Dec. 
30, 2003). On November 3, 2008, the Department initiated a sunset 
review of this order. See Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'') Review, 
73 FR 65292 (Nov. 3, 2008).
    We did not receive a notice of intent to participate from domestic 
interested parties in this sunset review by the deadline date. As a 
result, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(A), the Department 
determined that no domestic interested party intends to participate in 
the sunset review, and on November 20, 2008, we notified the 
International Trade Commission, in writing, that we intended to issue a 
final determination revoking this antidumping duty order. See 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(2).

Scope of the Order

    The scope of this order covers station post insulators manufactured 
of porcelain, of standard strength, high strength, or extra-high 
strength,\1\ solid core or cavity core, single unit or stacked unit, 
assembled or unassembled, and with or without hardware attached, rated 
at 115 kilovolts (kV) voltage class and above (550 kV Basic Impulse 
Insulation Level and above), including, but not limited to, those 
manufactured to meet the following American National Standards 
Institute, Inc. standard class specifications: T.R.-286, T.R.-287, 
T.R.-288, T.R.-289, T.R.-291, T.R.-295, T.R.-304, T.R.-308, T.R.-312, 
T.R.-316, T.R.-362 and T.R.-391.
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    \1\ Station post insulators are manufactured in various styles 
and sizes, and are classified primarily according to the voltage 
they are designed to withstand. Under the governing industry 
standard issued by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic 
Engineers, the voltage spectrum is ivided into three broad classes: 
``medium'' voltage (i.e., less than or equal to 69 kilovolts), 
``high'' voltage (i.e., from 115 to 230 kilovolts), and 
extra- high or ``ultra-high'' voltage (i.e., 
greater than 230 kilovolts).
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    Subject merchandise is classifiable under subheading 8546.20.0060 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). While 
the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description above remains dispositive as to the scope of 
this order.

Determination to Revoke

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), if no domestic 
interested party files a notice of intent to participate, the 
Department shall, within 90 days after the initiation of the review, 
issue a final determination revoking the order. Because the domestic 
interested parties did not file a notice of intent to participate in 
this sunset review, the Department finds that no domestic interested 
party is participating in this sunset review. Therefore, consistent 
with 19 CFR 351.222(i)(1)(i) and section 751(c)(3) of the Act, we are 
revoking this antidumping duty order. The effective date of revocation 
is December 30, 2008,

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the fifth anniversary of the date the Department published this 
antidumping duty order. See 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i).

Effective Date of Revocation

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.222(i)(2)(i), the Department will issue instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, 15 days after publication of the notice, 
to terminate the suspension of liquidation of the merchandise subject 
to this order entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after 
December 30, 2008. Entries of subject merchandise prior to the 
effective date of revocation will continue to be subject to suspension 
of liquidation and antidumping duty deposit requirements. The 
Department will complete any pending administrative reviews of this 
order and will conduct administrative reviews of subject merchandise 
entered prior to the effective date of revocation in response to 
appropriately filed requests for review.
    This five-year (sunset) review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 8, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. E8-29487 Filed 12-11-08; 8:45 am]
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