[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 151 (Monday, August 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19861]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-100-002, A-834-802, A-835-802, A-821-802, A-844-802]
Uranium From Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, and
Uzbekistan; Termination of Administrative Reviews of Suspension
Agreements
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of termination of suspension agreements administrative
reviews.
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SUMMARY: On November 16, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) initiated administrative reviews of the suspension
agreements on uranium from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian
Federation, and Uzbekistan. The review period was October 1, 1994,
through September 30, 1995. We are now terminating these reviews.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 5, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Doyle or Alexander Braier,
Office of Antidumping Countervailing Duty Enforcement--Group III, Room
7866, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0172 or (202) 482-1324, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 31, 1995, the Ad Hoc Committee of Domestic Uranium
Producers (the Ad Hoc Committee) and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic
Workers International Union (OCAW), petitioners in the above-referenced
investigations and interested parties in these proceedings, requested
that the Department conduct administrative reviews of the above-
referenced suspension agreements for the period from October 1, 1994,
through September 30, 1995.
On November 16, 1995, the Department published in the Federal
Register (60 FR 57573) a notice of initiation for these administrative
reviews for the period from October 1, 1994, through September 30,
1995.
On July 23, 1996, the Ad Hoc Committee withdrew its request for a
review and requested that the review be terminated. The Ad Hoc
Committee request to terminate the review indicates that it consulted
with current counsel for the OCAW who indicated that the OCAW consents
to the withdrawal of these administrative review requests.
The Department's regulations at 19 CFR 353.22(a)(5) (1995) state
that ``the Secretary may permit a party that requests a review under
paragraph (a) of this section to withdraw the request no later than 90
days after the date of publication of notice of initiation of the
requested review. The Secretary may extend this time limit if the
Secretary decides that it is reasonable to do so.'' Although the
withdrawal of the request for review was made later than 90 days after
the publication of the notice of initiation, the Secretary has decided
that it is reasonable to do so due to resolution of major outstanding
issues, recent amendments and continuing consultations under the
suspension agreements. Because there were no requests for review from
other interested parties, we are terminating these reviews.
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility
concerning disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO
in accordance with section 353.34(d) of the Department's regulations.
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 the terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
This notice is in accordance with section 353.22(a)(5) of the
Department's regulations (19 CFR 353.22(a)(5)).
Dated: July 29, 1996.
Roland L. MacDonald,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 96-19861 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]
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