[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 215 (Monday, November 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 66524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28427]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-816]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Germany: Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review for the Period August 1, 1999 through July 31, 2000.

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SUMMARY: On October 2, 2000, in response to a request made by Bethlehem 
Steel Corporation and U.S. Steel Group, a unit of USX Corporation 
(collectively, the ``Petitioners''), the Department of Commerce 
(``Department'') published the notice of initiation of an antidumping 
duty administrative review on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate 
(``plate'') from Germany, for the period August 1, 1999 through July 
31, 2000. Because the Petitioners have withdrawn their request for 
review, the Department is rescinding this review in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(1).

EFFECTIVE DATES: November 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert A. Bolling or James Doyle, 
Enforcement Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-3434 and 202-
482-0159, 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 Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations 
to the Department's regulations are to the regulations codified at 19 
CFR Part 351 (2000).

Background

    On August 31, 2000, the Petitioners requested that the Department 
conduct an administrative review for the period August 1, 1999 through 
July 31, 2000, of Reiner Brach GmbH & Co. (``Reiner Brach'') a 
producer/exporter of the subject merchandise from Germany. October 2, 
2000, the Department published a notice of initiation of the 
antidumping administrative review on plate from Germany, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i). See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 65 FR 58733 (October 2, 
2000). On September 28, 2000, the Petitioners withdrew their request 
for review.

Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to Departmental regulations, the Department will rescind 
an administrative review ``if a party that requested the review 
withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of 
notice of initiation of the requested review.'' See 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1). The Petitioners withdrawal of their request for review 
was within the 90-day time limit; accordingly, we are rescinding the 
administrative review for the period August 1, 1999 through July 31, 
2000, and will issue appropriate assessment instructions to the U.S. 
Customs Service.
    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or 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 sanctionable 
violation. This determination is issued in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4) and section 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 31, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 00-28427 Filed 11-3-00; 8:45 am]
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