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the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

regulations at 19 CFR part 351 (April,

1999).

Background

On August 1, 2000, the Department

received a request from General

Development Corporation and its

subsidiary Printing Developments, Inc.

(PDI) for a changed circumstance review

and an intent to revoke, in part, the

antidumping duty (AD) order with

respect to specific stainless steel

lithographic sheet. The Department

received a letter on August 15, 2000,

from petitioners Allegheny Ludlum, AK

Steel Corporation (formerly Armco,

Inc.), J&L Specialty Steel, Inc., North

American Stainless, the United

Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC,

the Butler-Armco Independent Union,

and the Zanesville Armco Independent

Union, expressing no opposition to the

request of General Development

Corporation and its subsidiary PDI for

revocation, in part, of the order

pursuant to a changed circumstances

review with respect to the subject

merchandise defined in the Scope of the

Review section below. Petitioners

confirm that they have no objection to

the retroactive application of the

exclusion to the entries made from the

date of the preliminary determination in

the antidumping investigation, January

4, 1999, forward.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222 (g)(1)(i)

we preliminarily determined that

petitioners’ affirmative statement of no

interest constituted changed

circumstances sufficient to warrant a

review and partial revocation of the

order. Consequently, on September 13,

2000, the Department published an

initiation of a changed circumstances

review and preliminary results of

review with an intent to revoke the

order in part (65 FR 55221).

The merchandise under review is

currently classifiable under subheading

7220.20.70 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

Although the HTSUS subheading is

provided for convenience and customs

purposes, our written description of the

scope is dispositive.

Scope of Changed Circumstance Review

The products covered by this

exclusion request and changed

circumstances review are certain

stainless steel lithographic sheet. This

sheet is made of 304-grade stainless

steel and must satisfy each of the

following fifteen specifications. The

sheet must (1) Have an ultimate tensile

strength of minimum 75 KSI; (2) a yield

strength of minimum 30 KSI; (3) a

minimum elongation of 40 percent; (4)

a coil weight of 4000–6000 lbs.; (5) a

width tolerance of -0/+0.0625 inch; and

(6) a gauge tolerance of +/-0.001 inch.

With regard to flatness, (7) the wave

height and wave length dimensions

must correspond to both edge wave and

center buckle conditions; (8) the

maximum wave height shall not exceed

0.75 percent of the wave length or 3 mm

(0.118 inch), whichever is less; and (9)

the wave length shall not be less than

100 mm (3.937 inch). With regard to the

surface, (10) the surface roughness must

be RMS (RA) 4–8; (11) the surface must

be degreased and no oil will be applied

during the slitting operation; (12) the

surface finish shall be free from all

visual cosmetic surface variations or

stains in spot or streak form that affect

the performance of the material; (13) no

annealing border is acceptable; (14) the

surface finish shall be free from all

defects in raised or depression nature

(e.g., scratches, gouges, pimples,

dimples, etc.) exceeding 15 microns in

size and with regard to dimensions; and

(15) the thickness will be .0145+/-.001

and the widths will be either 38′′,

38.25′′, or 43.5′′ and the thickness for

39′′ material will be .0118 +/-.001

inches.

Comments

In the preliminary results, we

provided parties the opportunity to

comment (65 FR 55221). We did not

receive any comments from the

interested parties.

Final Results of Review and Partial

Revocation of the Antidumping Duty

Order

The affirmative statement of no

interest by petitioners concerning the

stainless steel lithographic sheet and the

fact that no interested parties objected to

or otherwise commented on our

preliminary results of review, constitute

changed circumstances sufficient to

warrant partial revocation of the order.

Therefore, the Department is partially

revoking the order on stainless steel

sheet and strip in coils with respect to

the product described above, in

accordance with sections 751(b) and (d)

and 782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR

351.222(g)(1)(i).

The Department will instruct the

Customs Service (Customs) to proceed

with liquidation, without regard to

antidumping duties, of any unliquidated

entries of stainless steel lithographic

sheet, as specifically described in the

‘‘Scope of Changed Circumstance

Review’’ section above, and entered, or

withdrawn from the warehouse, for

consumption on or after January 4,

1999. The Department will further

instruct Customs to refund with interest

any estimated duties collected with

respect to unliquidated entries of

stainless steel lithographic sheets

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the

publication date of the final results of

this changed circumstances review, in

accordance with section 778 of the Act

and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(4).

This notice also serves as a final

reminder to parties subject to

administrative protection orders (APOs)

of their responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to

timely notify the Department in writing

of the return/destruction of APO

material is a sanctionable violation.

This changed circumstances review,

partial revocation of the antidumping

duty order, and notice are in accordance

with sections 751(b) and (d) and 782(h)

of the Act and sections 351.216,

351.221(c)(3), and 351.222(g) of the

Department’s regulations.

Dated: October 19, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–27684 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–845]

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils

From Japan: Notice of Initiation and

Preliminary Results of Changed

Circumstance Antidumping Duty

Review, and Intent To Revoke Order in

Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of initiation and

preliminary results of changed

circumstance antidumping duty review,

and intent to revoke order in part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2000.

SUMMARY: On August 17, 2000, the

Department of Commerce

(‘‘Department’’) received a request on

behalf of NIPPON Metalworking U.S.A,

(‘‘NIPPON’’) for a changed circumstance

antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’) review and to

revoke in part the AD order with respect

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to certain nickel-clad stainless steel

sheet and strip in coils from Japan. The

Department received a letter on

September 6, 2000, from Allegheny

Ludlum, AK Steel (formerly Armco,

Inc.), J&L Specialty Steel, Inc., North

American Stainless, Butler-Armco

Independent Union, Zanesville-Armco

Independent Union, and the United

Steelworkers of America, AFL–CIO/

CLC, (‘‘petitioners’’) indicating that they

do not oppose NIPPON’s request for

revocation in part of the order pursuant

to a changed circumstance review with

respect to the subject merchandise

defined in the Scope of the Review

section below. Based on this expression

of no interest we are initiating a

changed circumstance review and

preliminarily determine that the AD

order should be revoked in part with

respect to that product.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on these preliminary results.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex

Villanueva or James C. Doyle, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–6412 and (202)

482–0159, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the

Act’’) by the Uruguay Round

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

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are to

the regulations at 19 CFR part 351 (April

1999).

Background

On July 27, 1999, the Department

published the Notice of Amended Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair

Value and Antidumping Duty Order on

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils

from Japan (64 FR 40565).

On August 17, 2000, NIPPON

requested revocation in part of the

antidumping order pursuant to section

751(b)(1) of the Act and section

351.216(b) of the Department’s

regulations with respect to specific

stainless steel sheet and strip in coils

from Japan, as described below.

NIPPON further requested that

revocation be effective for all

unliquidated entries on or after the date

of publication of the Department’s

January 4, 1999 preliminary less than

fair value (‘‘LTFV’’) determination (64

FR 108). On September 6, 2000,

petitioners indicated that they do not

oppose this request for revocation in

part, as noted above. Petitioners have no

objection to the retroactive application

of this exclusion from January 4, 1999,

the date of the preliminary

determination, forward.

Scope of the Review

The product covered by this exclusion

request is nickel-clad stainless steel

sheet and strip in coils from Japan. This

nickel clad stainless steel sheet must

satisfy each of the following

specifications. The sheet must: (1) Have

a maximum coil weight of 1000 pounds;

(2) with a coil interior diameter of 458

mm and an outside diameter of 508; (3)

with a thickness of .33 mm and a width

of 699.4 mm; (4) fabricated in three

layers with a middle layer of grade 316L

or UNS 531603 sheet and strip

sandwiched between the two layers of

nickle cladding, using a roll bonding

process to apply the nickel coating to

each side of the stainless steel, each

nickel coating being not less than 99

percent nickel and a minimum .038 mm

in thickness. The resultant nickel-clad

stainless steel sheet and strip also must

meet the following additional chemical

composition requirement (by weight):

The first layer weight is 14%,

specification Ni201 or N02201, Carbon

0.009, Sulfur 0.001, Nickel 99.97,

Molybdenum 0.001, Iron 0.01, Copper

0.001 for a combined total of 99.992.

The second layer weight is 72%,

specification 316L or UNS 513603,

Carbon .02, Silicon 0.87, Manganese

1.07, Phosphorus 0.033, Sulfur 0.001,

Nickel 12.08, Chromium 17.81,

Molybdenum 2.26, Iron 65.856 for a

combined total of 100. The third layer

is 14%, specification Ni201 or N02201,

Carbon 0.01, Sulfur 0.001, Nickel 99.97,

Molybdenum 0.001, Iron 0.01, Copper

0.001 for a combined total of 99.993.

The weight average weight is 100%. The

following is the weighted average:

Carbon 0.01706, silicon 0.6264,

Manganese 0.7704, Phosphorus 0.02376,

Sulfur 0.001, Nickel 36.6892, Chromium

12.8232, Molybdenum 1.62748, Iron

47.41912, and Copper is 0.00028. The

above-described material sold as grade

316L and manufactured in accordance

with UNS specification 531603. This

material is classified at subheading

7219.90.00.20 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States.

Initiation and Preliminary Results of

Changed Circumstance AD Review, and

Intent To Revoke Order in Part

At the request of NIPPON, and in

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and

751(d)(1) of the Act and section 351.216

of the Department’s regulations, the

Department is initiating a changed

circumstance review of stainless steel

sheet and strip in coils from Japan to

determine whether partial revocation of

the antidumping order is warranted

with respect to the stainless steel sheet

and strip subject to this request. Section

782(h)(2) of the Act and section

351.222(g)(1)(i) of the Department’s

regulations provide that the Department

may revoke an order (in whole or in

part) if it determines that producers

accounting for substantially all of the

production of the domestic like product

have no further interest in the order, in

whole or in part. In addition, in the

event the Department determines that

expedited action is warranted, section

351.221(c)(3)(ii) of the regulations

permits the Department to combine the

notices of initiation and preliminary

results.

In accordance with section 751(b) of

the Act, and sections 351.222(g)(l)(i) and

351.221(c)(3) of the Department’s

regulations, we are initiating this

changed circumstance review and have

determined that expedited action is

warranted. Our decision to expedite this

review stems from the domestic

industry’s lack of interest in applying

the antidumping order to the specific

stainless steel sheet and strip covered by

this request. Additionally, in

accordance with section 351.216(c) we

find that the petitioners’ affirmative

statement of no interest constitutes good

cause for the conduct of this review.

Based on the expression of no interest

by petitioners and absent any objection

by any other domestic interested parties,

we have preliminarily determined that

substantially all of the domestic

producers of the like product have no

interest in continued application of the

AD order to the certain nickel clad

stainless steel sheet and strip subject to

this request. Therefore, we are notifying

the public of our intent to revoke, in

part, the AD order as it relates to

imports of the merchandise described

above from Japan.

Public Comment

Interested parties may submit case

briefs and/or written comments no later

than 14 days after the date of

publication of these preliminary results.

Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals to written

comments, limited to issues raised in

such briefs or comments, may be filed

no later than 21 days after the date of

publication. The Department will issue

the final results of this changed

circumstance review, which will

include the results of its analysis raised

in any such written comments, no later

than 270 days after the date on which

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1The International Trade Commission issued a

negative preliminary determination in the case

involving Thailand, on April 20, 2000. Therefore,

that case was terminated.

2 It was unnecessary to extend the provisional

measures for the Malaysian case because Kiswire

received a de minimis margin at the preliminary

determination, and, therefore, liquidation has not

been suspended for subject merchandise from

Malaysia.

this review was initiated, or within 45

days if all parties agree to our

preliminary determination. See section

351.216(e) of the Department’s

regulations.

If final revocation occurs, we will

instruct the U.S. Customs Service to end

the suspension of liquidation for the

merchandise covered by the revocation

effective on or after January 4, 1999, the

date of publication of the Department’s

preliminary LTFV determination (64 FR

108) and to release any cash deposit or

bond. See section 351.222(g)(4) of the

Department’s regulations. The current

requirement for a cash deposit of

estimated antidumping duties on all

subject merchandise will continue

unless and until it is modified pursuant

to the final results of this changed

circumstance review.

This initiation of review and notice

are in accordance with sections 751(b)

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216, 351.221,

and 351.222.

Dated: October 19, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–27685 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–557–810, A–570–859]

Notice of Postponement of Final

Antidumping Duty Determinations:

Steel Wire Rope From Malaysia and the

People’s Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Kemp or Tracy Levstik, AD/CVD

Enforcement, Office 5, Group II, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–1276 and (202)

482–2815, respectively.

Postponement of Final Determinations

The Department of Commerce (the

Department) is postponing the final

determinations in the antidumping duty

investigations of steel wire rope from

Malaysia and the People’s Republic of

China (PRC).

On March 17, 2000, the Department

initiated antidumping investigations of

steel wire rope from India, Malaysia, the

PRC, and Thailand.1 See Initiation of

Antidumping Duty Investigations: Steel

Wire Rope from India, Malaysia, the

People’s Republic of China, and

Thailand, 65 FR 16173 (March 27,

2000). On September 25, 2000, we

issued the preliminary determinations

of these investigations. See Notice of

Preliminary Determinations of Sales at

Less Than Fair Value: Steel Wire Rope

from India and the People’s Republic of

China; Notice of Preliminary

Determination of Sales at Not Less Than

Fair Value: Steel Wire Rope from

Malaysia, 65 FR 58736 (October 2,

2000). The notice stated that the

Department would issue its final

determinations for the Malaysian and

PRC cases no later than 75 days after the

date of the preliminary determinations.

The notice also stated that we extended

the deadline for issuance of the final

determination in the Indian case to no

later than 135 days after the date of

publication of the preliminary

determination.

On September 27, 2000, the

Committee of Domestic Steel Wire Rope

and Specialty Cable Manufacturers (the

petitioners) requested that the

Department postpone the issuance of

the final determination in the

investigation of steel wire rope from

Malaysia. On October 4, 2000, Fasten

Group Import and Export Co., Ltd.

(Fasten), a respondent in the PRC case,

accounting for a significant proportion

of exports of the merchandise subject to

the investigation, requested that the

Department postpone the issuance of

the final determination in the

investigation of steel wire rope from the

PRC. Fasten also requested an extension

to the imposition of provisional

measures.2 The petitioners’ and Fasten’s

requests for postponement were timely,

and the Department finds no compelling

reason to deny them.

Therefore, in accordance with section

735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended, we are postponing the

deadline for issuing these

determinations until February 14, 2001,

which is 135 days after the date of the

publication of the preliminary

determinations.

Dated: October 23, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–27686 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–475–815]

Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel

Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe

From Italy; Preliminary Results of

Sunset Review of Countervailing Duty

Order

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Results of

Full Sunset Review: Seamless Carbon

and Alloy Steel Standard, Line and

Pressure Pipe from Italy.

SUMMARY: On July 3, 2000, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) initiated a sunset review

of the countervailing duty order on

seamless carbon and alloy steel

standard, line and pressure pipe

(‘‘seamless pipe’’) from Italy (65 FR

41053) pursuant to section 751(c) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the

Act’’). On the basis of substantive

responses filed by domestic and

respondent interested parties, the

Department determined to conduct a

full review. As a result of this review,

the Department preliminarily finds that

revocation of the countervailing duty

order would likely lead to continuation

or recurrence of subsidies at the levels

indicated in the Preliminary Results of

Review section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathryn B. McCormick or James

Maeder, 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) 482–1930 or (202) 482–

3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statute and Regulations

This review is being 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

Countervailing and Countervailing Duty

Orders, 63 FR 13516 (March 20, 1998)