[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 60424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29061]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[C-428-812]


Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products From Germany: 
Extension of Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of 
countervailing duty administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 5, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak at 202-482-2209, Office 
of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (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) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 days and 180 
days, respectively.

Background

    On April 30, 1999, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on hot-rolled 
lead and bismuth carbon steel products from Germany, covering the 
period January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998, (64 FR 23269, 
23280). The preliminary results are currently due no later than 
December 1, 1999.

Extension of Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore the 
Department is extending the time limits for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than March 30, 2000. See Decision 
Memorandum from Holly A. Kuga to Robert S. LaRussa, dated October 27, 
1999, which is on file in the Central Records Unit. We intend to issue 
the final results no later than 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: October 28, 1999.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 99-29061 Filed 11-4-99; 8:45 am]
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