[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 8632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3779]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-475-816, A-201-817, A-469-806]


Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determinations: Oil 
Country Tubular Goods From Italy, Mexico and Spain

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Crow (Italy and Spain) or 
Jennifer Stagner (Mexico), Office of Antidumping Investigations, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-0116 or (202) 482-1673, respectively.

Postponement

    On January 26, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
issued its preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty 
investigations of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Italy, Mexico, 
and Spain (60 FR 6515, 6510, and 6516, respectively, February 2, 1995).
    The following parties requested that the Department postpone the 
final determinations until 135 days after publication of the 
preliminary determinations in accordance with section 735(a)(2) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) (19 U.S.C. 1673(a)(2)), and 19 
CFR 353.20(b): Dalmine S.p.A., the respondent in the Italian 
investigation, on February 3, 1995; North Star Steel Ohio, the 
petitioner in the Mexican investigation, on January 30, 1995; and 
Koppel Steel Corporation, USS/Kobe Steel Company, and U.S. Steel Group 
(a unit of USX Corporation), the petitioners in the Spanish 
investigation, on January 30, 1995.
    Under section 735(a)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.20(b), if, 
subsequent to the preliminary determination, the Department receives a 
request for postponement of the final determination from the petitioner 
if the preliminary determination was negative, or the respondent if the 
preliminary determination was affirmative, then the Department will, 
absent compelling reasons for denial, grant the request. We find no 
compelling reasons to deny the requests, which were properly filed, and 
are, accordingly, postponing the date of the final determinations until 
no later than June 19, 1995.
    The U.S. International Trade Commission is being advised of these 
postponements in accordance with section 733(b) of the Act.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Statute and to the 
Department's regulations are in reference to the provisions as they 
existed on December 31, 1994.

Public Comment

    In accordance with 19 CFR 353.38, case briefs or other written 
comments in at least ten copies may be submitted by any interested 
party to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration no later 
than May 2, 1995, and rebuttal briefs no later than May 9, 1995. We 
request that parties in these cases provide an executive summary of no 
more than two pages in conjunction with case briefs on the major issues 
to be addressed. Further, briefs should contain a table of authorities. 
Citations to Commerce determinations and court decisions should include 
the page number where cited information appears. In preparing the 
briefs, please begin each issue on a separate page. In accordance with 
19 CFR 353.38(b), we will hold public hearings, if requested, to give 
interested parties an opportunity to comment on arguments raised in 
case or rebuttal briefs. Tentatively, the hearings will be held at the 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, on:

Italy: May 17, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 1851;
Mexico: May 19, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 1851;
Spain: May 17, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 1851.

    Parties should confirm the time, date, and place of the hearing 48 
hours before the scheduled time.
    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room B-099, within ten days of the 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Requests should 
contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone number; (2) the 
number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. 
In accordance with 19 CFR 353.38(b), oral presentations will be limited 
to the issues raised in the briefs.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 353.20(b).

    Dated: February 8, 1995.
Barbara R. Stafford,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investigations.
[FR Doc. 95-3779 Filed 2-14-95; 8:45 am]
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