(a) In any review, AS-IA will consider the re-petition request and evidence submitted by the petitioner, any comments and evidence on the request received during the comment period, and petitioners' responses to comments and evidence received during the response period.

(b) AS-IA may also:

(1) Initiate and consider other research for any purpose relative to analyzing the re-petition request; and

(2) Request and consider timely submitted additional explanations and information from commenting parties to support or supplement their comments on the re-petition request and from the petitioner to support or supplement their responses to comments.

(c) OFA will provide the petitioner with the additional material obtained in paragraph (b) of this section, and provide the petitioner with a 60-day opportunity to respond to the additional material. The additional material and any response by the petitioner will become part of the record.