[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 4804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2126]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-506]


Oil Country Tubular Goods From Canada: Extension of Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE:  February 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mark Manning, at (202) 482-3936, or 
Nithya Nagarajan, at (202) 482-5253, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement IV, 
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 of Commerce (``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 the time limit 
for the preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days and for the final 
results to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does not extend the 
time limit for the preliminary results) from the date of publication of 
the preliminary results.

Background

    On August 24, 1999, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country 
tubular goods from Canada, covering the period December 1, 1998 through 
May 30, 1999 (64 FR 47167). 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 limit for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than June 30, 2000. See Decision 
Memorandum from Tom Futtner to Holly A. Kuga, dated January 21, 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 21, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group II.
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