[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 42 (Monday, March 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 9731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3797]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-881]


Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Moats, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 8, Import Administration, Room 1870, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5047.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on malleable cast 
iron pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation: Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 71 FR 
69543 (December 1, 2006). On December 15, 2006, Beijing Sai Lin Ke 
Hardware Co., Ltd. (``SLK'') requested that the Department conduct a 
review of its sales and entries of subject merchandise into the United 
States. On January 3, 2007, Mueller Comercial de M[eacute]xico, D. de 
R.L. de C.V. (``Mueller'') requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of its sales and entries of subject merchandise 
into the United States. On January 4, 2007, SLK withdrew its request 
for review. On January 31, 2007, Mueller withdrew its request for an 
administrative review.\1\ No other parties requested a review. On 
February 2, 2007, the Department published the Initiation Notice 
covering Mueller, and issued an antidumping duty questionnaire to 
Mueller for the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
malleable cast iron pipe fittings from the PRC with respect to Mueller 
for the period December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006.
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    \1\ Although Mueller submitted its withdrawal of its request for 
review before the Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 72 FR 
5005 (February 2, 2007) (``Initiation Notice''), published in the 
Federal Register, Mueller's withdrawal was submitted after the 
Initiation Notice had been transmitted to the Federal Register for 
publication.
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Rescission of Review

    The Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) provide that 
the Department will rescind an administrative review if the party that 
requested the review withdraws its request for review within 90 days of 
the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested 
review, or withdraws its request at a later date if the Department 
determines that it is reasonable to extend the time limit for 
withdrawing the request. Mueller timely withdrew its request before the 
90-day deadline. Therefore, we are rescinding this review of the 
antidumping duty order on malleable cast iron pipe fittings from the 
PRC covering the period December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006. 
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection 15 days after of publication of this rescission.

Notification Regarding APOs

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APO'') 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.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: February 27, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-3797 Filed 3-2-07; 8:45 am]
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