[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38948-38949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19119]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
19 CFR Part 351
Countervailing Duties
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hearing on proposed countervailing duty
regulations and announcement of opportunity to file post-hearing
comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department''), having
received written comments on the proposed countervailing duty
regulations, now announces that a public hearing on the regulations
will be held on September 9, 1997. Requests to participate in the
hearing must be filed by July 31, 1997. The Department is also
announcing that it will accept public comments on issues raised at the
hearing. The deadline for filing post-hearing comments is September 19,
1997.
DATES: A public hearing will be held at 10:00 on September 9, 1997.
Requests to participate in the hearing must be filed by August 7, 1997.
The deadline for filing post-hearing comments is September 19, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Address requests to participate in the hearing and post-
hearing comments to the following: Robert S. LaRussa, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration, Central Records Unit, Room 1870,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20230. Requests to participate in the hearing should
also include the following subject line: ``Request to participate in
hearing on proposed CVD regulations.'' Each person submitting a request
is asked to include his or her name, address, and phone number and to
identify the party(ies) on whose behalf the request is
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filed. Written comments should include the following subject line:
``Post-hearing comments regarding proposed CVD regulations.'' Each
person submitting a comment is asked to include his or her name,
address, and give reasons for any recommendation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer A. Yeske at (202) 482-0189.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 26, 1997, the Department
published proposed countervailing duty regulations containing changes
resulting from the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (62 FR 8818). We
requested written comments from the public to be submitted by April 28,
1997. On April 23, 1997, we published a notification of extension of
the deadline for filing comments to May 12, 1997 (62 FR 19719). The
deadline was further extended to May 27, 1997 (62 FR 25874). We have
received written comments and scheduled a public hearing for September
9, 1997.
The proposed regulations and the public comments received are
available on the Internet at the following address: ``http://
www.ita.doc.gov/import__admin/records/.'' In addition, the proposed
regulations are available to the public on 3.5'' diskettes, with
specific instructions for accessing compressed data, at cost, and paper
copies are available for reading and photocopying in Room B-099 of the
Central Records Unit. Any questions concerning file formatting,
document conversion, access on Internet, or other file requirements
should be addressed to Andrew Lee Beller, Director of Central Records,
(202) 482-0866.
Hearing
A public hearing on the proposed regulations will be held at 10:00
on September 9, 1997, in Room 1414 of the Herbert C. Hoover Building at
Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. In order to
participate in the hearing, parties must submit a written request to
the Department no later than August 7, 1997. Written requests should
detail the topics parties wish to discuss at the hearing. The
Department will accommodate as many requesting parties as time permits.
The hearing will include panel discussions on topics in which parties
have shown a significant interest. At this time, we have identified
``Privatization'' and ``Equity'' as panel topics. We invite interested
parties to suggest additional topics and individuals to participate in
the panel discussions.
Comments (Format and Number of Copies)
The Department will accept post-hearing comments regarding any
issues raised at the hearing or in any written comments previously
submitted to the Department. The deadline for the submission of post-
hearing comments is September 19, 1997. Each person submitting a
comment should include his or her name and address, and give reasons
for any recommendation. To facilitate their consideration by the
Department, comments regarding the proposed regulations should be
submitted in the following format: (1) Identify each comment by
reference to the section and/or paragraph of these proposed regulations
to which the comment pertains; 1 (2) begin each comment on a
separate page; (3) concisely state the issue identified and discussed
in the comment; and (4) provide a brief summary of the comment (a
maximum of 3 sentences) and label this section ``summary of the
comment.''
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\1\ If a comment does not pertain to a particular proposed
regulation, please clearly identify the comment as ``Other,''
followed by a brief description of the issue to which the comment
pertains; e.g., ``Other--Infrastructure.''
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To simplify the processing and distribution of the public comments
pertaining to the Department's proposed regulations, parties are
encouraged to submit documents in electronic form accompanied by an
original and three paper copies. All documents filed in electronic form
must be on DOS formatted 3.5'' diskettes, and must be prepared in
either WordPerfect format or a format that the WordPerfect program can
convert and import into WordPerfect. If possible, the Department would
appreciate the documents being filed in either ASCII format or
WordPerfect, and containing generic codes. The Department would also
appreciate the use of descriptive filenames.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Dated: July 14, 1997.
[FR Doc. 97-19119 Filed 7-18-97; 8:45 am]
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