[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 23057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10771]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[C-427-817, C-533-818, C-560-806, C-475-827, C-580-837]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From France, 
India, Indonesia, Italy, and the Republic of Korea: Postponement of 
Time Limit for Countervailing Duty Investigations

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

ACTION: Notice of Postponement of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigations

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 29, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Greynolds (France), at (202) 482-
6071; Robert Copyak (India), at (202) 482-2209; Kathleen Lockhard 
(Indonesia), at (202) 482-1168; Kristen Johnson (Italy), at (202) 482-
4406; and Stephanie Moore (Republic of Korea), at (202) 482-3692, 
Office of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS: On March 8, 1999, the 
Department initiated the countervailing duty investigations on certain 
cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from France, India, Indonesia, 
Italy, and the Republic of Korea. See Notice of Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigations: Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-
Quality Steel Plate from France, India, Indonesia, Italy and the 
Republic of Korea, 64 FR 12996 (March 16, 1999). The preliminary 
determinations currently must be issued by May 12, 1999.
    On April 19, 1999, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, U.S. Steel Group, a 
unit of USX Corporation, Gulf States Steel, Inc., IPSCO Steel Inc., and 
Tuscaloosa Steel Corporation (petitioners) made a timely request 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e) of the Department's regulations for a 
postponement of the preliminary determinations in accordance with 
section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Petitioners requested a postponement because of the extraordinarily 
complicated nature of these cases, the large number of foreign 
producers involved, and to allow time for the Department to determine 
the extent to which particular subsidies are being used.
    For reasons identified by petitioners, we see no compelling reason 
not to postpone the preliminary determinations. Therefore, we are 
postponing the preliminary determinations under section 703(c)(1)(A) of 
the Act. See Memorandum from Holly Kuga to Robert S. LaRussa, dated 
April 21, 1999 (on file in the public file of the Central Records Unit, 
Room B-099 of the Department of Commerce). We will make our preliminary 
determinations in these investigations no later than July 16, 1999.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to section 
703(c)(2) of the Act.

    Dated: April 21, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-10771 Filed 4-28-99; 8:45 am]
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