[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22196]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-580-810]


Certain Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe From Korea: 
Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limits For Preliminary Results of 
Administrative Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 26, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Strollo or Maureen Flannery, 
AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3782 
or (202) 482-3020, respectively.

The 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 Departments's regulations are to the current 
regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351, (1999).

Background

    On December 30, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a request from Avesta Sheffield Pipe Co., Damascus Tube 
Division, Damascus-Bishop Tube Co., and the United Steelworkers of 
America (AFL-CIO/CLC), herein referred to as ``the domestic industry,'' 
for administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
welded ASTM A-312 stainless steel pipe from Korea. On January 25, 1999, 
the Department published its initiation of this administrative review 
covering the period of December 1, 1997 through November 30, 1998 (64 
FR 3682).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Because of the complexities enumerated in the Memorandum from 
Joseph A. Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa, Extension of Time Limit for 
the Administrative Review of Certain Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel 
Pipe from Korea, dated August 17, 1999, it is not practical to complete 
this review within the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limits for the preliminary results to 
December 13, 1999. The final results continue to be due 120 days after 
the publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: August 17, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.
[FR Doc. 99-22196 Filed 8-25-99; 8:45 am]
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