Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 53 / Monday, March 20, 1995 / Notices 14733

[C–517–501]

Carbon Steel Wire Rod From Saudi

Arabia; Termination of Countervailing

Duty Administrative Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Termination of

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Reviews.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is terminating the 1992

and 1993 administrative reviews on

carbon steel wire rod from Saudi Arabia

because the countervailing duty order

has been revoked effective December 31,

1991 (59 FR 58814 (November 15,

1994)). The reviews were initiated on

March 26, 1993, for the period January

1, 1992, through December 31, 1992,

and March 14, 1994, for the period

January 1, 1993, through December 31,

1993.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Lebowitz or Kelly Parkhill,

Office of Countervailing Compliance,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 16, 1992, after timely

receipt of a request for an administrative

review and a properly filed request for

revocation from the Saudi Iron and Steel

Company (HADEED), the Department

initiated an administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on carbon

steel wire rod from Saudi Arabia

covering the period of January 1, 1991,

through December 31, 1991 (57 FR 9104

(March 16, 1992)). On November 2,

1993, the Department issued

preliminary results of the 1991

administrative review, including a

preliminary determination that it

intended to revoke the order (58 FR

58537 (March 26, 1993)).

On November 15, 1994, the

Department issued the final results of

the administrative review for the 1991

period of review, and revoked the entire

countervailing duty order effective

December 31, 1991 (59 FR 58814

(November 15, 1994)). The Department

found that the respondent company had

met the requirements for revocation of

the countervailing duty order pursuant

to 19 CFR 355.25(b)(2). Based upon

certifications by HADEED and the

Government of the Kingdom of Saudi

Arabia, as well as from the Department’s

previous four consecutive

administrative reviews, the Department

determined that HADEED, the only

Saudi producer of the subject

merchandise, had not applied for or

received any net subsidy under any

programs deemed by the Department to

be countervailable for the requisite five

administrative reviews. The Department

further determined that there was no

likelihood that this company would

apply for nor receive any net subsidy in

the future.

Prior to the Department’s final

determination to revoke the order, there

were two opportunities for interested

parties to request administrative reviews

of this order for the periods January 1,

1992, through December 31, 1992, and

January 1, 1993, through December 31,

1993. HADEED submitted requests for

administrative reviews of these periods

and the Department initiated the

reviews (58 FR 16397 (March 26, 1993)

and 59 FR 11768 (March 14, 1994)).

Since the Department revoked the

order effective December 31, 1991, there

is no basis for completing the

administrative reviews covering the

1992 and 1993 periods. Therefore, the

Department is hereby terminating these

reviews.

Dated: March 10, 1995.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

[FR Doc. 95–6812 Filed 3–17–95; 8:45 am]

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United States-Canada Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904 Binational

Panel Reviews: Notice of Completion

of Panel Review

AGENCY: United States-Canada FreeTrade Agreement, Binational

Secretariat, United States Section,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Completion of Panel

Review of the final affirmative injury

determination made by the U.S.

International Trade Commission,

respecting Certain Softwood Lumber

Products from Canada, Secretariat File

No. USA–92–1904–02.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

memorandum Opinion and Order of the

Binational Panel dated January 27, 1995,

dismissing the panel review described

above and the Article 1904 Panel Rules,

the panel review was completed on

March 10, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James R. Holbein, United States

Secretary, Binational Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 27, 1995, the Binational Panel

issued an order dismissing the panel

review of the final affirmative injury

determination of the United States

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’)

concerning Certain Softwood Lumber

Products from Canada. The Secretariat

was instructed to issue a Notice of

Completion of Panel Review on the 31st

day following the issuance of the Notice

of Final Panel Action, if no Request for

an Extraordinary Challenge was filed.

The Notice of Final Panel Action was

issued on February 7, 1995. No

Extraordinary Challenge request was

filed in the time permitted by the FTA

and the relevant rules of procedure.

Therefore, on the basis of the Panel

Order and Rule 80 of the Article 1904

Panel Rules, the Panel Review was

completed and the panelists discharged

from their duties effective March 10,

1995.

Dated: March 13, 1995.

James R. Holbein,

United States Secretary NAFTA Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 95–6813 Filed 3–17–95; 8:45 am]

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Minority Business Development

Agency

Business Development Center

Applications: Jacksonville, FL

AGENCY: Minority Business

Development Agency, Commerce.

ACTION: Cancellation.

SUMMARY: The Minority Business

Development Agency is cancelling the

announcement to solicit competitive

applications under its Minority

Business Development Center (MBDC)

Program to operate its Jacksonville,

Florida MBDC. This solicitation was

originally published in the Federal

Register, Wednesday, March 8, 1995,

Vol. 60, No. 45, 12739.

11.800 Minority Business Development

Center

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)

Dated: March 13, 1995.

Donald L. Powers,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority

Business Development Agency.

[FR Doc. 95–6818 Filed 3–17–95; 8:45 am]

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