[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 46451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23370]



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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 postponement of public hearing on proposed 
countervailing duty regulations and of opportunity to file post-hearing 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is postponing 
the public hearing on the proposed countervailing duty regulations 
previously scheduled for September 9, 1997. The hearing will now be 
held on October 17, 1997. The deadline for filing post-hearing comments 
is now October 27, 1997.

DATES: A public hearing will be held at 10:00 on October 17, 1997. The 
deadline for filing post-hearing comments is October 27, 1997.

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 and received written comments from the public. On July 21, 
1997, we announced that a public hearing would be held on September 9, 
1997 and that the deadline for submitting post-hearing comments was 
September 19, 1997 (62 FR 38948). We are now postponing the public 
hearing and the comment period.

Hearing

    The public hearing on the proposed countervailing duty regulations 
will now be held at 10:00 on October 17, 1997, in room 4830 of the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building at Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.

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 now October 27, 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; <SUP>1</SUP> (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 the 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.

    Dated: August 27, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-23370 Filed 9-2-97; 8:45 am]
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