Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

19 CFR Parts 351, 353 and 355

Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Announcement of opportunity to file public comments on the

public hearing of proposed antidumping and countervailing duty

regulations.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is announcing the

opportunity to file public comments on issues raised at the public

hearing on the proposed antidumping and countervailing duty

regulations. The deadline for filing comments is June 17, 1996. The

public hearing will be held on June 7, 1996.

DATES: A public hearing will be held at 10:00 on June 7, 1996. The

deadline for filing comments is June 17, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held in the Auditorium of the

Herbert C. Hoover Building at Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. Address written comments and requests to

participate in the public hearing to Paul Joffe, Acting Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration, Central Records Unit, Room B-099,

U.S. Department of Commerce, Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230. Comments on the proposed regulations should be

addressed: Attention: Hearing Comments. Each person submitting a

comment should include his or her name, address, and give reasons for

any recommendation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Penelope Naas at (202) 482-3534.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 27, 1996, the Department

published proposed antidumping and countervailing duty regulations (61

FR 7308). We will hold a public hearing on June 7, 1996. We are

allowing submission of written comments on issues raised at the

hearing. As well, we are allowing submission of written comments on any

issue raised in written comments previously submitted.

Proposed Regulations

The proposed regulations are available on the Internet at the

following address:

HTTP://WWW.ITA.DOC.GOV/IMPORT--ADMIN/RECORDS/

In addition, the proposed regulations are available to the public

on 3.5'' diskettes, with specific instructions for accessing compressed

data, at cost, and paper copies available for reading and photocopying

in Room B-099 of the Central Records Unit. Any questions concerning

file formatting, document conversion, access on Internet, or other file

requirements should be addressed to Andrew Lee Beller, Director of

Central Records, (202) 482-1248.

Format and Number of Copies

To simplify the processing and distribution of the public comments

pertaining to the Department's proposed regulations, parties are

encouraged to submit documents in electronic form accompanied by an

original and three paper copies. All documents filed in electronic form

must be on DOS formatted 3.5'' diskettes, and must be prepared in

either WordPerfect format or a format that the WordPerfect program can

convert and import into WordPerfect. Please submit comments on a

separate file on the diskette and labeled by the section number in the

regulations. If possible, the Department would appreciate the documents

being filed in either ASCII format or WordPerfect 5.1, and containing

generic codes. The Department would also appreciate the use of

descriptive file names.

Dated: June 3, 1996.

Paul Joffe,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 96-14308 Filed 6-5-96; 8:45 am]

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