The International Trade Administration has amended its preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determination on small diameter graphite electrodes from China in order to correct certain AD margin calculations for mandatory respondent Fangda Group.
Fiber Technologies Networks (FiberTech) asked Connecticut regulators to hold AT&T to April pole attachment rule changes. The rules give pole owners 90 days to process and issue pole attachment permits within 90 days and 14 days to correct pole attachment safety problems. AT&T has appealed the rules to the state courts, but there has been no judicial stay so the rules should be enforced, FiberTech said. It accused AT&T of failing to issue pole permits within 90 days and improperly delaying access to poles by claiming it needed to wait until the other attaching party fixed safety problems with existing attachments. FiberTech (Case 07-02-13) also told the Department of Public Utility Control that AT&T hasn’t set up a means of reporting and correcting pole attachment hazards. FiberTech cited delays on 10 pending permit applications that have forced it to pay late fees to customers. It asked the DPUC for an order compelling AT&T to complete these permits, obey the 90-day clock on permit applications and set up a program for timely correction of pole safety problems. AT&T in August implemented a trial program where attaching parties could do much of the preliminary work themselves. It said it has issued permits for 13 FiberTech pole attachments under this program, of which five have been completed.
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of citric acid and certain citrate salts from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative reviews for ball bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom for the period May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has published in the September 17, 2008 Federal Register antidumping duty orders on raw flexible magnets (RFM) from China and Taiwan; and a countervailing duty order on RFM from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of chlorinated isocyanurates from China for the period of June 1, 2006 through May 31, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of magnesium metal from Russia for the period of April 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has amended its final affirmative antidumping duty determination on steel wire garment hangers from China in order to correct certain ministerial errors with respect to the AD duty margin calculation for the two mandatory respondents, Shanghai Wells and Shaoxing Metal Companies.
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is seeking immediate review of a U.S. District judge's denial of its request for a preliminary injunction against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to halt implementation of their Clean Truck Program concession agreements. (ATA press release, dated 09/10/08, available at http://www.truckline.com/NR/exeres/127155D6-18F2-40BB-B1F3-7B673E316089.htm)
Over the next several months, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are scheduled to implement: (1) a Clean Trucks fee (CTF) to help fund the retrofitting/replacement of trucks under their Clean Trucks Program, and (2) an Infrastructure Cargo Fee (ICF) to fund certain transportation infrastructure projects.