Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium From Kazakhstan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-834-802]

Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium

From Kazakhstan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States

Department of Commerce and the Republic of Kazakhstan Suspending the

Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from Kazakhstan.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) and the Republic

of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan) have signed an Amendment (the Amendment) to

the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from

Kazakhstan (the Agreement).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Doyle or Maureen Price, Office

of Agreements Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-

0172 or (202) 482-0159, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On October 16, 1992, the Department and Kazakhstan signed the

Agreement and, on October 30, 1992, the Agreement was published in the

Federal Register (57 FR 49220, 49222). On November 9, 1994, the

Department and Kazakhstan initialled an Amendment to include highly

enriched uranium (HEU) within the product coverage of the Agreement.

The Department subsequently released the Amendment to interested

parties for comment. After careful consideration by the Department of

the comments submitted and further consultations between the parties,

the Department and Kazakhstan signed a final Amendment on February 7,

1995. The text of the final Amendment follows this notice.

Date: March 6, 1995.

Paul L. Joffe,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States Department of

Commerce and the Republic of Kazakhstan Suspending the Antidumping

Investigation on Uranium from Kazakhstan

The United States Department of Commerce and the Republic of

Kazakhstan hereby amend their Agreement Suspending the Antidumping

Investigation on Uranium from Kazakhstan, signed October 16, 1992, as

follows:

Section III, ``Product Coverage,'' is amended to include the

following paragraph:

Highly enriched uranium (``HEU'') is within the scope of this

investigation, and HEU is covered by this Agreement. For the purpose of

this Agreement, HEU means uranium enriched to 20 percent or greater in

the isotope uranium-235, whether in the form of metal, uranium oxide,

fuel rods, or powder.

Section IV is amended to include the following paragraph L:

L.1. Exports of HEU pursuant to the Purchase Agreement Between the

Government of the United States of America and the Republic of

Kazakhstan, completed November 17, 1994 (``Purchase Agreement'') will

not be counted against the export limits established in accordance with

paragraph C of this section. The disposition of the HEU is in the

public interest because: (1) the HEU or products from it will be

processed or delivered by the United States Department of Energy, its

governmental successors, its contractors, assigns, or U.S. private

parties acting in a manner not inconsistent with the Purchase

Agreement; (2) any utility-owned uranium products delivered pursuant to

enrichment contracts affected by the purchase of HEU or HEU products

will not be resold in the United States, either as natural uranium or

as low enriched uranium (``LEU'') produced in excess of the

contractually-specified amount; (3) contracts for the purchase of HEU

or HEU products from Kazakhstan will be provided to the Department; (4)

annual summaries of utilization of HEU and HEU products and associated

utility feed will be provided to the Department; and (5) the Department

determines that permitting importation of all or any portion of the HEU

in question is consistent with the purposes of this Agreement.

2. Exports of HEU must be accompanied by an export certificate

endorsed by the Republic of Kazakhstan specifying the amount of the

export.

This Amendment constitutes an integral part of the Agreement

Between the United States Department of Commerce and the Republic of

Kazakhstan Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from

Kazakhstan.

Signed on this 7th day of February, 1995.

For the Republic of Kazakhstan:

Tuleutai S. Suleimenov,

Ambassador to the United States.

For the United States Department of Commerce:

Paul L. Joffe,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-6257 Filed 3-13-95; 8:45 am]

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