[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16126]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-815]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Sulfanilic Acid From the People's Republic of 
China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 1999.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of the antidumping order on sulfanilic acid from 
the People's Republic of China, covering the period August 1, 1997 
through July 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Lyons, Linda Smiroldo, or 
Nithya Nagarajan, AD/CVD Enforcement Office 7, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone 
(202) 482-0374, (202) 482-6412, or (202) 482-4243, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff 
Act, as amended (the Act), the Department may extend the deadline for 
completion of an administrative review if it determines that it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the statutory time limit of 
245 days after the last day of the anniversary month for the relevant 
order. In the instant case, the Department has determined that it is 
not practicable to complete the review within that statutory time 
limit. See Memorandum from Joseph A. Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa, 
dated June 17, 1999. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Act, the Department is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results until August 31, 1999. This extension fully extends 
the statutory deadline to 365 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month for the relevant order. The Department previously 
extended the time period for the preliminary results from May 3, 1999 
to July 2, 1999. 64 FR 7168 (February 12, 1999).

    Dated: June 17, 1999.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 99-16126 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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