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corporate center and the Wells Branch

Industrial Park. This proposed change

will increase the FTZ area at Site 3 to

1,612 acres. No specific manufacturing

requests are being made at this time.

Such requests would be made to the

Board on a case-by-case basis.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment is invited from

interested parties. Submissions (original

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the

Board’s Executive Secretary at the

address below. The closing period for

their receipt is August 4, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to August 21, 2000).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export

Assistance Center, 1700 Congress,

Second Floor, Austin, TX 78701.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th &

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room

4008, Washington DC 20230.

Dated: May 26, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Notice of Initiation of Five-Year

(‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of Antidumping

Duty Orders on Canned Pineapple

Fruit From Thailand and

Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium

From Russia

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department of

Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is

automatically initiating five-year

(‘‘sunset’’) reviews of the antidumping

duty orders listed below. The

International Trade Commission (‘‘the

Commission’’) is publishing

concurrently with this notice its notices

of Institution of Five-Year Reviews

covering these same orders.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathryn B. McCormick, or James

Maeder, Office of Policy, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, at (202) 482–1930, or 482–

3330, respectively, or Vera Libeau,

Office of Investigations, U.S.

International Trade Commission, at

(202) 205–3176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Initiation of Reviews

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.218

(see Procedures for Conducting Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Orders, 63 FR 13516 (March 20, 1998)),

we are initiating sunset reviews of the

following antidumping duty orders:

DOC Case No. ITC Case No. Country Product

A–549–813 ............................................... 731–TA–706 Thailand ................................................... Canned Pineapple Fruit.

A–821–807 ............................................... 731–TA–807 Russia ...................................................... Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium.

Statute and Regulations

Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of

the Act, an antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’)

order will be revoked unless revocation

or termination would be likely to lead

to continuation or recurrence of (1)

dumping, and (2) material injury to the

domestic industry.

The reviews will be conducted

pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of

the Act. The Department’s procedures

for the conduct of sunset reviews are set

forth in Procedures for Conducting Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Orders, 63 FR 13516 (March 20, 1998)

(‘‘Sunset Regulations’’) and in 19 CFR

part 351 (1999) in general. Guidance on

methodological or analytical issues

relevant to the Department’s conduct of

sunset reviews is set forth in the

Department’s Policy Bulletin 98:3—

Policies Regarding the Conduct of Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Orders; Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871

(April 16, 1998) (‘‘Sunset Policy

Bulletin’’).

Filing Information

As a courtesy, we are making

information related to sunset

proceedings, including copies of the

Sunset Regulations and Sunset Policy

Bulletin, the Department’s schedule of

sunset reviews, case history information

(e.g., previous margins, duty absorption

determinations, scope language, import

volumes), and service lists, available to

the public on the Department’s sunset

internet website at the following

address: ‘‘http://www.ita.doc.gov/

import_admin/records/sunset/’’.

All submissions in the sunset reviews

must be filed in accordance with the

Department’s regulations regarding

format, translation, service, and

certification of documents. These rules

can be found at 19 CFR 351.303 (2000).

Also, we suggest that parties check the

Department’s sunset website for any

updates to the service list before filing

any submissions. We ask that parties

notify the Department in writing of any

additions or corrections to the list. We

also would appreciate written

notification if you no longer represent a

party on the service list.

Because deadlines in a sunset review

are, in many instances, very short, we

urge interested parties to apply for

access to proprietary information under

administrative protective order (’’APO’’)

immediately following publication in

the Federal Register of the notice of

initiation of the sunset review. The

Department’s regulations on submission

of proprietary information and

eligibility to receive access to business

proprietary information under APO can

be found at 19 CFR 351.304–306 (see

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Proceedings: Administrative Protective

Order Procedures; Procedures for

Imposing Sanctions for Violation of a

Protective Order, 63 FR 24391 (May 4,

1998)).

Information Required from Interested

Parties

Domestic interested parties (defined

in 19 CFR 351.102 (2000)) wishing to

participate in the sunset reviews must

respond not later than 15 days after the

date of publication in the Federal

Register of the notice of initiation by

filing a notice of intent to participate.

The required contents of the notice of

intent to participate are set forth in the

Sunset Regulations at 19 CFR

351.218(d)(1)(ii). In accordance with the

Sunset Regulations, if we do not receive

a notice of intent to participate from at

least one domestic interested party by

the 15-day deadline, the Department

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1A number of parties commented that these

interim-final regulations provided insufficient time

for rebuttals to substantive responses to a notice of

initiation (Sunset Regulations, 19 CFR

351.218(d)(4)). As provided in 19 CFR 351.302(b)

(2000), the Department will consider individual

requests for extension of that five-day deadline

based upon a showing of good cause.

1See Notice of Scope Rulings, 62 FR 62288

(November 21, 1997)

will automatically revoke the orders

without further review.

If we receive a notice of intent to

participate from a domestic interested

party, the Sunset Regulations provide

that all parties wishing to participate in

the sunset review must file substantive

responses not later than 30 days after

the date of publication in the Federal

Register of the notice of initiation. The

required contents of a substantive

response are set forth in the Sunset

Regulations at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3).

Note that certain information

requirements differ for foreign and

domestic parties. Also, note that the

Department’s information requirements

are distinct from the International Trade

Commission’s information

requirements. Please consult the Sunset

Regulations for information regarding

the Department’s conduct of sunset

reviews.1 Please consult the

Department’s regulations at 19 CFR part

351 (2000) for definitions of terms and

for other general information concerning

antidumping duty order proceedings at

the Department.

This notice of initiation is being

published in accordance with section

751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c).

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–822, A–583–820]

Helical Spring Lock Washers From the

People’s Republic of China and

Taiwan; Final Results of Expedited

Sunset Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of

Expedited Sunset Reviews: Helical

Spring Lock Washers From the People’s

Republic of China and Taiwan.

SUMMARY: On November 2, 1999, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) initiated sunset reviews of

the antidumping duty orders on helical

spring lock washers (‘‘HSLWs’’) from

the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’)

and Taiwan (64 FR 59160) pursuant to

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended (‘‘the Act’’). On the basis of

notices of intent to participate filed on

behalf of domestic interested parties and

inadequate response (in these cases, no

response) from respondent interested

parties, the Department determined to

conduct expedited reviews. As a result

of these reviews, the Department finds

that revocation of the antidumping duty

orders would likely lead to continuation

or recurrence of dumping at the levels

indicated in the Final Results of

Reviews section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eun

W. Cho or Carole Showers, Office of

Policy for Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)

482–1698 or (202) 482–3217,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (‘‘the Act’’), are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are to 19

CFR part 351 (1999) in general.

Guidance on methodological or

analytical issues relevant to the

Department’s conduct of sunset reviews

is set forth in the Department’s Policy

Bulletin 98:3—Policies Regarding the

Conduct of Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’)

Reviews of Antidumping and

Countervailing Duty Orders; Policy

Bulletin, 63 FR 18871 (April 16, 1998)

(‘‘Sunset Policy Bulletin’’).

Background

On November 2, 1999, the Department

initiated sunset reviews of the

antidumping orders on HSLWs from the

PRC and Taiwan (64 FR 59160),

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. On

the basis of a notice to participate and

adequate substantive response filed on

behalf of a domestic interested party in

each review, and inadequate response

(in these cases, no response) from

respondent interested parties, we

determined to conduct expedited

reviews. The Department has conducted

these sunset reviews in accordance with

sections 751 and 752 of the Act.

Scope

The products covered by this review

are HSLWs of carbon steel, of carbon

alloy steel, or of stainless steel, heattreated or non-heat-treated, plated or

non-plated, with ends that are off-line.

HSLWs are designed to: (1) Function as

a spring to compensate for developed

looseness between the component parts

of a fastened assembly; (2) distribute the

load over a larger area for screws or

bolts; and, (3) provide a hardened

bearing surface. The scope does not

include internal or external tooth

washers, nor does it include spring lock

washers made of other metals, such as

copper. HSLWs subject to this review

are currently classifiable under

subheading 7318.21.0030 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS). Although the

HTSUS subheading is provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the scope remains

dispositive.

There has been one scope ruling with

respect to HSLWs from the PRC and

Taiwan. On November 21, 1997, the

Department ruled that HSLWs imported

into the United States in an uncut, coil

form are within the scope of the order.1

Analysis of Substantive Responses

All issues raised in the case and

rebuttal briefs by parties to these sunset

reviews are addressed in the ‘‘Issues and

Decision Memorandum’’ (‘‘Decision

Memo’’) from Jeffrey A. May, Director,

Office of Policy, Import Administration,

to Troy H. Cribb, Acting Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration,

dated May 30, 2000, which is hereby

adopted by this notice. The issues

discussed in the attached Decision

Memo include the likelihood of

continuation or recurrence of dumping

and the magnitude of the margin likely

to prevail were the orders revoked.

Parties can find a complete discussion

of all issues raised in these reviews and

the corresponding recommendations in

this public memorandum which is on

file in room B–099 of the main

Commerce building.

In addition, a complete version of the

Decision Memo can be accessed directly

on the Web at www.ita.doc.gov/

import_admin/records/frn/. The paper

copy and electronic version of the

Decision Memo are identical in content.

Final Results of Reviews

We determine that revocation of the

antidumping duty orders on HSLWs

from the PRC and Taiwan would be

likely to lead to continuation or