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

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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