70 FR 83 pgs. 22632-22634 - Initiation of Five-Year (“Sunset”) Reviews

Type: NOTICEVolume: 70Number: 83Pages: 22632 - 22634
FR document: [FR Doc. E5-2096 Filed 4-29-05; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: International Trade Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Initiation of Five-Year ("Sunset") Reviews

AGENCY:

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), the Department of Commerce ("the Department") is automatically initiating five-year ("sunset") reviews of certain antidumping and countervailing duty orders. The International Trade Commission ("the Commission") is publishing concurrently with this notice its notice of Institution of Five-Year Review which covers these same orders.

DATES:

Effective Date: May 2, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Zev Primor, Office 4, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-4114, or Mary Messer, Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission at (202) 205-3193.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Department's procedures for the conduct of sunset reviews are set forth in 19 CFR 351.218. Guidance on methodological or analytical issues relevant to the Department's conduct of sunset reviews is set forth in the Department's Policy Bulletin 98.3- Policies Regarding the Conduct of Five-Year ("Sunset") Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders; Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871 (April 16, 1998) (" Sunset Policy Bulletin ").

Initiation of Reviews

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(c), we are initiating the sunset reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders and suspended investigation:

DOC case No. ITC case No. Country Product
A-570-855 731-TA-841 PRC Non-Frozen Apple Juice Concentrate.
A-851-802 731-TA-846 Czech Republic Small Diameter, Carbon Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, Pressure Pipe.
A-588-851 731-TA-847 Japan Small Diameter, Carbon Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, Pressure Pipe.
A-485-805 731-TA-849 Romania Small Diameter, Carbon Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, Pressure Pipe.
A-791-808 731-TA-850 South Africa Small Diameter, Carbon Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, Pressure Pipe.
A-588-850 731-TA-847 Japan Large Diameter, Carbon Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, Pressure Pipe.
A-201-827 731-TA-848 Mexico Large Diameter, Carbon Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, Pressure Pipe.
A-588-810 731-TA-429 Japan Mechanical Transfer Presses.
A-588-852 731-TA-853 Japan Structural Steel Beams.
A-580-841 731-TA-854 South Korea Structural Steel Beams.
C-580-842 701-TA-401 South Korea Structural Steel Beams.
A-533-806 731-TA-561 India Sulfanilic Acid.
C-533-807 701-TA-318 India Sulfanilic Acid.
A-570-815 731-TA-538 PRC Sulfanilic Acid.
A-570-856 731-TA-851 PRC Synthetic Indigo.

Filing Information

As a courtesy, we are making information related to sunset proceedings, including copies of the Department's regulations regarding sunset reviews (19 CFR 351.218) and Sunset Policy Bulletin, the Department's schedule of sunset reviews, case history information ( i.e. , previous margins, duty absorption determinations, scope language, import volumes), and service lists available to the public on the Department's sunset Internet website at the following address: " http://ia.ita.doc.gov/sunset/. "

All submissions in these sunset reviews must be filed in accordance with the Department's regulations regarding format, translation, service, and certification of documents. These rules can be found at 19 CFR 351.303. Also, we suggest that parties check the Department's sunset website for any updates to the service list before filing any submissions. The Department will make additions to and/or deletions from the service list provided on the sunset website based on notifications from parties and participation in these reviews. Specifically, the Department will delete from the service list all parties that do not submit a substantive response to the notice of initiation.

Because deadlines in a sunset review can be very short, we urge interested parties to apply for access to proprietary information under administrative protective order ("APO") immediately following publication in the Federal Register of the notice of initiation of the sunset review. The Department's regulations on submission of proprietary information and eligibility to receive access to business proprietary information under APO can be found at 19 CFR 351.304-306.

Information Required From Interested Parties

Domestic interested parties (defined in section 771(9)(C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)) wishing to participate in these sunset reviews must respond not later than 15 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register of the notice of initiation by filing a notice of intent to participate. The required contents of the notice of intent to participate are set forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(ii). In accordance with the Department's regulations, if we do not receive a notice of intent to participate from at least one domestic interested party by the 15-day deadline, the Department will automatically revoke the orders without further review. See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii).

If we receive an order-specific notice of intent to participate from a domestic interested party, the Department's regulations provide that all parties wishing to participate in the sunset review must file complete substantive responses not later than 30 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register of the notice of initiation. The required contents of a substantive response, on an order-specific basis, are set forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3). Note that certain information requirements differ for respondent and domestic parties. Also, note that the Department's information requirements are distinct from the Commission's information requirements. Please consult the Department's regulations for information regarding the Department's conduct of sunset reviews.1Please consult the Department's regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 for definitions of terms and for other general information concerning antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings at the Department.

Footnotes:

1 In comments made on the interim final sunset regulations, a number of parties stated that the proposed five-day period for rebuttals tosubstantive responses to a notice of initiation was insufficient. This requirement was retained in the final sunset regulations at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(4). As provided in 19 CFR 351.302(b), however, the Department will consider individual requests for extension of that five-day deadline based upon a showing of good cause.

This notice of initiation is being published in accordance with section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c).

Dated: April 25, 2005.

Holly A. Kuga,

Senior Office Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4 for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. E5-2096 Filed 4-29-05; 8:45 am]

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