Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks Fittings and Glands From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administration Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-820]

Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks Fittings and Glands From

the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty

Administration Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of recession of antidumping duty administrative review.

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

Department) published in the Federal Register (60 FR 57573) the notice

of initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping duty

order on certain compact ductile iron waterworks fittings and glands

(CDIW) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). We are terminating

this review as a result of the timely withdrawal by Star Pipe Products,

Inc. (Star Pipe) of its request for the review. Star Pipe was the only

interested party that requested this review. This notice replaces one

signed on February 15, 1996, but inadvertently not published in the

Federal Register. at that time

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz or James Terpstra, Office

of Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Group II, Office 4,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4474 or (202) 482-3965,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On September 29, 1995, Star Pipe, an interested party, requested an

adminstrative review of the antidumping duty order on CDIW from the PRC

for the period September 1, 1994, through August 31, 1995, pursuant to

751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act. On November 16, 1995, the Department published in the

Federal Register (60 FR 57573) the notice initation of that

administrative review. Star Pipe timely withdrew its request for review

on January 24, 1996, pursuant to the applicable regulation in effect at

the time. See 19 CFR 353.22(a)(5). There were no other requests for

this review. As as result, the Department is terminating this review. A

determination to terminate the review was issued on February 15, 1996,

but the original notice was lost and never published. This notice is

being published to correct this error.

This notice is published in accordance with section 353.213(d)(4)

for the Department's regulations.

Dated: November 2, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-29343 Filed 11-8-99; 8:45 am]

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