[Federal Register: January 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 4)]
[Notices]               
[Page 779]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-122-601]

 
Brass Sheet and Strip From Canada; Notice of Rescission of 
Termination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of rescission of termination of antidumping duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On October 29, 1997 the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register a notice of termination 
of the administrative review of brass sheet and strip from Canada 
covering imports of subject merchandise for the period January 1, 1993 
through December 31, 1993. Due to a procedural oversight by the 
Department, the signature date of this notice of termination was 
October 21, 1997, one day prior to the date of the respondent's formal 
written request, which was submitted to the Department on October 22, 
1997. In light of this procedural error, the Department is rescinding 
its termination of this review and is opening the administrative record 
of this proceeding for comments by interested parties on the question 
of termination of this review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paul Stolz or Thomas Futtner, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20230, telephone: (202) 482-4474 or (202) 482-3814 respectively.
    Applicable Statute and Regulations: Unless otherwise stated, all 
citations to the statute and to the Department's regulations are 
references to the provisions as they existed on December 31, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Department published an antidumping duty finding on brass sheet 
and strip from Canada on January 12, 1987 (52 FR 1217). On January 5, 
1994, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of 
``Opportunity to Request an Administrative Review'' of the antidumping 
duty finding on brass sheet and strip from Canada (59 FR 564). On 
January 21, 1994, a manufacturer/exporter, Wolverine Tube (Canada) 
Inc., (Wolverine) requested an administrative review of its exports of 
the subject merchandise to the United States for the period of review 
January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993. In accordance with 19 CFR 
353.22(c), we initiated the review on February 17, 1994 (59 FR 7979). 
On or about October 17, 1997, Wolverine notified the Department by 
telephone of its intent to request termination of this review. The 
Department then prepared a notice of termination for the Federal 
Register pending receipt of Wolverine's formal written request. This 
written request was dated and received by the Department on October 22, 
1997. The notice of termination was published in the Federal Register 
on October 29, 1997. However, due to a procedural oversight, the 
signature date of the notice was October 21, 1997, one day prior to 
actual receipt of the written request for termination. In the interest 
of procedural integrity, the Department is hereby rescinding its 
termination of this review in order to afford interested parties the 
opportunity to comment as to whether this review should be terminated 
or not. Thus, interested parties may submit comments of on the issue of 
termination of this review only, within 10 calendar days of publication 
of this notice. Interested parties may submit rebuttal comments 
beginning on the eleventh calendar day after publication of this notice 
and no later than the twentieth day after publication of this notice. 
The Department will then review any comments submitted and make a 
determination as to whether or not this review should be terminated.

    Dated: December 30, 1997.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-277 Filed 1-6-98; 8:45 am]
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