[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 234 (Monday, December 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67459-67460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32439]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[C-412-811]


Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products From 
the United Kingdom: Postponement of Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending by no longer than 120 
days the time limit of the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on certain hot-rolled lead and 
bismuth carbon steel products from the United Kingdom (C-412-811), 
covering the period January 1, 1997, through December 31, 1997, since 
it is not practicable to complete this review within the time limits 
mandated by the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
1675(a)(3)(A)).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 1998.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest and Chris Cassel, 
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Group II, Office 
Six, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3338 and 482-4847, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department of Commerce's regulations are to the 
current regulations as codified at 19 CFR 351 (1998).

Background

    On April 24, 1998, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
certain hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from the 
United Kingdom (``UK''), covering the period January 1, 1997, through 
December 31, 1997 (63 FR 20378). In our notice of initiation, we stated 
our intention to issue the final results of this review no later than 
March 31, 1998. The preliminary results of review are currently due no 
later than December 1, 1998. Due to the complexity of the legal and 
methodological issues presented by this review, the Department has 
determined that it is not practicable to complete this review within 
the time limits mandated by the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order/finding for which a review is requested 
and a final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary determination is published. However, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) allows the Department to extend this time period to a 
maximum of 365 days and 180 days, respectively.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results this review within the original time frame. See Memorandum from 
Holly A. Kuga to Robert S. LaRussa, ``Extension of Preliminary Results: 
Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products from the 
United Kingdom (C-412-811)'', dated November 27, 1998.
    The deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review is 
now no later than March 31, 1999, which is the full amount of time the 
Department can extend the preliminary results under section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The deadline for issuing the final results of 
this review will be no later than 120 days from the publication of the 
preliminary results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(3)(A)).

    Dated: November 27, 1998.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-32439 Filed 12-4-98; 8:45 am]
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