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                                               NOTICES

                                       DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                                              (C-122-819)

               Termination of Countervailing Duty Investigation; Portable Seismographs From
                                               Canada

                                          Monday, June 15, 1992

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AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1992.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Bettger or Susan Strumbel, Office of Countervailing Investigations, Import
Administration, U.S. Department of 
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Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 377-2239 or (202) 377-1442,
respectively.

Case History

Since publication of the Department's preliminary countervailing duty determination (57 FR 20464; May 13, 1992), we
verified information submitted in the responses by the Government of Canada, the Government of the Province of Ontario,
and one of the two producers/manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise.

Scope of Investigation

The products covered by this investigation are portable seismographs from Canada. Portable seismographs are
used by the mining, construction, and blasting industries to measure the ground and air vibrations produced by man- made
blasting in compliance with seismograph standards established by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. The basic components and ranges of
measurement are: ground peak particle velocity (.02 to 10 inches per second); ground motion frequency (2 to 100 Hz); direction
of motion (3 orthogonal axes (L,T,V)); airblast level (100 to 140 dBL); airblast overpressure (1/10,000 to 1/100 psi); and airblast 
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frequency (2 to 200 Hz). Earthquake, nuclear, and reflection/refraction seismographs are not included in the scope of
investigation. Portable seismographs are currently provided for in subheading 9015.80.6000 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule (HTS). Although the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description of
the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.

Termination of Investigation

In a letter submitted June 1, 1992, petitioner notified the Department that it was withdrawing its February 12, 1992 petition, and
requested that the Department terminate the countervailing duty investigation.
Under section 19 CFR 355.17(a), the Department may terminate an investigation after the withdrawal of the petition by the
petitioner, after notifying all parties to the proceeding and after consultation with the International Trade Commission (ITC). The
Department may not terminate an investigation unless it concludes that the termination is in the public interest. We have notified
all parties to the proceeding and consulted with the ITC concerning the potential termination of this investigation. Based upon
those contacts and our assessments of the public interest, we have concluded that termination of the investigation is in the public
interest. Accordingly, we are terminating the 
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  countervailing duty investigation of portable seismographs from Canada. This action is taken pursuant to section
704(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
Dated: June 5, 1992.

Francis J. Sailer,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

(FR Doc. 92-13968 Filed 6-12-92; 8:45 am)

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