Uranium From Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, and Uzbekistan; Termination of Administrative Reviews of Suspension Agreements

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-100-002, A-834-802, A-835-802, A-821-802, A-844-802]

Uranium From Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, and

Uzbekistan; Termination of Administrative Reviews of Suspension

Agreements

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of termination of suspension agreements administrative

reviews.

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SUMMARY: On November 16, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the

Department) initiated administrative reviews of the suspension

agreements on uranium from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian

Federation, and Uzbekistan. The review period was October 1, 1994,

through September 30, 1995. We are now terminating these reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Doyle or Alexander Braier,

Office of Antidumping Countervailing Duty Enforcement--Group III, Room

7866, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0172 or (202) 482-1324, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On October 31, 1995, the Ad Hoc Committee of Domestic Uranium

Producers (the Ad Hoc Committee) and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic

Workers International Union (OCAW), petitioners in the above-referenced

investigations and interested parties in these proceedings, requested

that the Department conduct administrative reviews of the above-

referenced suspension agreements for the period from October 1, 1994,

through September 30, 1995.

On November 16, 1995, the Department published in the Federal

Register (60 FR 57573) a notice of initiation for these administrative

reviews for the period from October 1, 1994, through September 30,

1995.

On July 23, 1996, the Ad Hoc Committee withdrew its request for a

review and requested that the review be terminated. The Ad Hoc

Committee request to terminate the review indicates that it consulted

with current counsel for the OCAW who indicated that the OCAW consents

to the withdrawal of these administrative review requests.

The Department's regulations at 19 CFR 353.22(a)(5) (1995) state

that ``the Secretary may permit a party that requests a review under

paragraph (a) of this section to withdraw the request no later than 90

days after the date of publication of notice of initiation of the

requested review. The Secretary may extend this time limit if the

Secretary decides that it is reasonable to do so.'' Although the

withdrawal of the request for review was made later than 90 days after

the publication of the notice of initiation, the Secretary has decided

that it is reasonable to do so due to resolution of major outstanding

issues, recent amendments and continuing consultations under the

suspension agreements. Because there were no requests for review from

other interested parties, we are terminating these reviews.

This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility

concerning disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO

in accordance with section 353.34(d) of the Department's regulations.

Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials

or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure

to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

This notice is in accordance with section 353.22(a)(5) of the

Department's regulations (19 CFR 353.22(a)(5)).

Dated: July 29, 1996.

Roland L. MacDonald,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.

[FR Doc. 96-19861 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]

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