[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29614-29615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12547]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-818]
Low Enriched Uranium From France: Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has granted an
extension of time for the re-exportation of one specified entry of low
enriched uranium (LEU) that entered under a narrow provision that
conditionally excludes it from the scope of the antidumping (AD) order.
The Department extends the exportation deadline until January 31, 2018.
DATES: Effective date: May 22, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4261.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 17, 2015, the Department published the initiation and
preliminary results of the changed circumstances review (CCR).\1\ In
the Initiation and Preliminary Results the Department preliminarily
determined that changed circumstances did not exist, and that Eurodif
SA and Areva Inc. (collectively AREVA) would not be granted an
additional extension of time to re-export the specified entry of low-
enriched uranium. Since the publication of the Initiation and
Preliminary Results, the following events have taken place. AREVA,
Centrus Energy Corporation (Petitioners), and the Nuclear Energy
Institute submitted comments on March 17, 2015. Chubu Electric Power
Company, Inc. submitted comments on March 24, 2015. No rebuttal
comments were filed.
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\1\ See Low Enriched Uranium from France: Initiation of
Expedited Changed Circumstances Review and Preliminary Results of
Changed Circumstances Review, 80 FR 8285 (February 17, 2015)
(Initiation and Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is all low-enriched uranium. Low-
enriched uranium is enriched uranium hexafluoride (UF6) with
a U\235\ product assay of less than 20 percent that has not been
converted into another
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chemical form, such as UO2, or fabricated into nuclear fuel
assemblies, regardless of the means by which the LEU is produced
(including low-enriched uranium produced through the down-blending of
highly enriched uranium).\2\
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\2\ For a full description of the scope of the order see
``Decision Memorandum for Final Results of Changed Circumstances
Review of Low Enriched Uranium from France,'' (Issues and Decision
Memorandum) from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance (Issues and
Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with these results and
hereby adopted by this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by the parties in the case briefs are addressed
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is appended to this notice. The
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is available
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Services System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and
it is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit of the main
Commerce Building, room 7046. In addition, a complete version of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum is also accessible on the internet at
http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Final Results of CCR
Upon review of the comments received in this case the Department
has determined that the new regulatory requirements enacted by Japan's
Nuclear Regulatory Authority since the previous CCR \3\ do constitute
new circumstances, and that it is appropriate to extend the deadline
for re-exportation of this sole entry of low-enriched uranium. The
Department is granting an extension for re-exportation of this sole
entry until January 31, 2018. AREVA will be required to provide the
Department with a report on the status of the relevant reactor semi-
annually.\4\ AREVA and the end-user will be required to submit amended
certifications to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The
Department will release amended certifications to parties for comment
before AREVA and the end-user are required to submit such
certifications to CBP.
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\3\ See Low Enriched Uranium From France: Final Results of
Changed Circumstances Review, 78 FR 66898 (November 7, 2013).
\4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at page 3.
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In the event that the deadline for re-export expires and the
subject uranium has not been re-exported, and no further extension is
granted, the Department will take appropriate action, which may include
our reexamination of the cash deposit rate applied to all entries of
AREVA's merchandise under the 18-month re-export provision.
Instructions to CBP
The Department will inform CBP that the deadline for re-exportation
of the single entry at issue is extended until January 31, 2018. The
Department will instruct CBP to collect amended certifications from
AREVA and its end-user within 30 days of publication of these final
results of CCR.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice is the only reminder to parties subject to the
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or 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.
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) and (2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.216.
Dated: May 15, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--Topics in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues Allowing Further Extension of the Re-
Export Deadline
V. Department Position
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2015-12547 Filed 5-21-15; 8:45 am]
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