Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Determination: Uranium From Kazakhstan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-834-802]

Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Determination:

Uranium From Kazakhstan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juanita H. Chen, Karla D. Whalen, or

James C. Doyle, Import Administration, International Trade

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

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202)

482-0409, (202) 482-1391, or (202) 482-0159, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions

effective in 1992. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations at 19

CFR Part 353 (1992).

Postponement of Final Determination

On January 28, 1999, the Republic of Kazakhstan (ROK) requested a

60-day postponement of the date for the Department to make its final

determination in this investigation pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of

the Act. Because our preliminary determination was affirmative, because

the Republic of Kazakhstan represents the totality of the respondents,

and because no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are granting the

respondent's request to postpone the final determination.

As the Notice of Resumption of Antidumping Investigation was

published on January 19, 1999, the new deadline for the final

determination will be June 3, 1999. Suspension of liquidation will be

extended accordingly.

On January 22, 1999, USEC, Inc., and its subsidiary, the United

States Enrichment Corporation, an interested party in the proceeding,

requested a hearing. On January 29, 1999, the Ad Hoc Committee of

Domestic Uranium Producers, a Petitioner in the proceeding, requested a

hearing. Finally, on February 1, 1999, the Paper, Allied-Industrial-

Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE), formerly the

Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, a Petitioner in the proceeding,

also requested a hearing. As a result of the postponement of the final

determination, the Department is also postponing the date of the

hearing to May 12, 1999. Case briefs will be due on May 3, 1999, with

rebuttal briefs being due on May 10, 1999.

This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR

353.20(b)(2)(1992).

Dated: February 19, 1999.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-6151 Filed 3-11-99; 8:45 am]

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