[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-812]


Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Italy: 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:  January 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Kristen Johnson at 202-482-4406, 
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.

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 July 29, 1999, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on grain-
oriented electrical steel from Italy, covering the period January 1, 
1998 through December 31, 1998 (see 64 FR 41075). The preliminary 
results are currently due no later than February 29, 2000.

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 June 29, 2000. See Decision 
Memorandum from Holly A. Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, to 
Robert S. LaRussa, Assistant Secretary, dated January 4, 2000, 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: January 12, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 00-1372 Filed 1-19-00; 8:45 am]
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