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telephone: (202) 482–5050 or (202) 482–

3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background:

On April 3, 1999, the Department

initiated (65 FR 17484), and the

Commission instituted (65 FR 17531),

sunset reviews of the antidumping duty

order on pure magnesium from China,

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

a result of its review, the Department

found on August 3, 2000, that

revocation of the antidumping duty

order on pure magnesium from China

would likely lead to continuation or

recurrence of dumping and notified the

Commission of the magnitude of the

margins likely to prevail were the order

revoked. See 65 FR 47713 (August 3,

2000).

On September 12, 2000, the

Commission determined, pursuant to

section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation

of the antidumping duty order on pure

magnesium from China would be likely

to lead to continuation or recurrence of

material injury to an industry in the

United States within a reasonably

foreseeable time. See Pure Magnesium

from China, 65 FR 55047 (September 12,

2000) and USITC Publication 3346,

Investigation No. 731–TA–696

(Review)(August 2000).

Scope

The product covered by this order is

pure magnesium regardless of

chemistry, form or size, unless expressly

excluded from the scope of this order.

Primary magnesium is a metal or alloy

containing by weight primarily the

element magnesium and produced by

decomposing raw materials into

magnesium metal. Pure primary

magnesium is used primarily as a

chemical in the aluminum alloying,

desulfurization, and chemical reduction

industries. In addition, pure primary

magnesium is used as an input in

producing magnesium alloy. Pure

primary magnesium encompasses

products (including, but not limited to,

butt ends, stubs, crowns and crystals)

with the following primary magnesium

contents: (1) Products that contain at

least 99.95 percent primary magnesium,

by weight generally referred to as ‘‘ultrapure’’ magnesium); (2) Products that

contain less than 99.95 percent but not

less than 99.8 percent primary

magnesium, by weight (generally

referred to as ‘‘pure’’ magnesium); and

(3) Products (generally referred to as

‘‘off-specification pure’’ magnesium)

that contain 50 percent or greater, but

less than 99.8 percent primary

magnesium, by weight, and that do not

conform to ASTM specifications for

alloy magnesium. ‘‘Off-specification

pure’’ magnesium is pure primary

magnesium containing magnesium

scrap, secondary magnesium, oxidized

magnesium or impurities (whether or

not intentionally added) that cause the

primary magnesium content to fall

below 99.8 percent by weight. It

generally does not contain, individually

or in combination, 1.5 percent or more,

by weight, of the following alloying

elements: Aluminum, manganese, zinc,

silicon, thorium, zirconium and rare

earths.

Excluded from the scope of this order

are alloy primary magnesium (that

meets specifications for alloy

magnesium), primary magnesium

anodes, granular primary magnesium

(including turnings, chips and powder),

having a maximum physical dimension

(i.e., length or diameter) of one inch or

less, secondary magnesium (which has

pure primary magnesium content of less

than 50 percent by weight), and

remelted magnesium whose pure

primary magnesium content is less than

50 percent by weight. Pure magnesium

products covered by this order are

currently classifiable under the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheadings

8104.11.00, 8104.19.00, 8104.20.00,

8104.30.00, 8104.90.00, 3824.90.11,

3824.90.19 and 9817.00.90. Although

the HTSUS subheadings are provided

for convenience and customs purposes,

our written description of the scope is

dispositive.

Since the antidumping duty order was

issued, the Department has clarified that

the scope of the original order includes,

but is not limited to, butt ends, stubs,

crowns and crystals. See May 22, 1997,

instructions to the Custom Service and

November 14, 1997, Final Scope Rule of

Antidumping Duty Order on Pure

Magnesium from China.

Determination

As a result of the determination by the

Department and the Commission that

revocation of the antidumping duty

order would be likely to lead to

continuation or recurrence of dumping

and material injury to an industry in the

United States, pursuant to section

751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department

hereby orders the continuation of the

antidumping duty order on pure

magnesium from China. The

Department will instruct the Customs

Service to continue to collect

antidumping duty deposits at the rates

in effect at the time of entry for all

imports of subject merchandise. The

effective date of continuation of this

order will be the date of publication in

the Federal Register of this Notice of

Continuation. Pursuant to section

751(c)(2) and 751 (c)(6) of the Act, the

Department intends to initiate the next

five-year review of this order not later

than April 2005.

Dated: October 23, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–27687 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: Final Results of Changed

Circumstance Antidumping Duty

Review, and Determination To Revoke

Order in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Final results of changed

circumstance antidumping duty review,

and determination to revoke order in

part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2000.

SUMMARY: On September 13, 2000, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published in the Federal

Register a notice of initiation of a

changed circumstances antidumping

duty review and preliminary results of

review with intent to revoke, in part, the

antidumping duty order on stainless

steel sheet and strip in coils from Japan

(65 FR 55221). We are now revoking this

order, in part, with regard to the

following product: certain stainless steel

lithographic sheet, as described in the

‘‘Scope’’ section of this notice. This

partial revocation is based on the fact

that domestic parties have expressed no

further interest in the relief provided by

the order with respect to the

importation or sale of this certain

stainless steel lithographic sheet, as so

described.

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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 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

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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