[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 19359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8985]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-810]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Mexico: Extension 
of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Greynolds or Michael Grossman, at 
(202) 482-6071 or (202) 482-3146, respectively, AD/CVD Enforcement, 
Office 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 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. 
However, if it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results 
of review within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary 
determination to a maximum of 365 days.

Background

    On October 1, 1999, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain 
cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Mexico, covering the period 
January 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998 (64 FR 53318). The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than May 2, 2000.

Extension of Time Limit for 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 August 30, 2000. See Decision 
Memorandum from John Brinkmann, Acting Director, AD/CVD Enforcement, 
Office VI, to Holly Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, Group II, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, 
Room B-099 of the main Commerce building. 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: April 5, 2000.
Holly Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
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