[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 19740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9105]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-428-817]


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

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 12, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak at (202) 482-2209, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department 
of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 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 these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time period for the preliminary determination 
to a maximum of 365 days and for the final determination to 180 days 
(or 300 days if the Department does not extend the time limit for the 
preliminary determination) from the date of publication of the 
preliminary determination.

Background

    On November 4, 1998, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Germany, covering the 
period January 1, 1997, through December 31, 1997 (64 FR 60161). As of 
October 29, 1998, the Department had deferred that administrative 
review for one year (63 FR 58009). 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 Germany, covering the period January 1, 1998, through December 31, 
1998 (64 FR 53318). The preliminary results of these two administrative 
reviews are currently due no later than May 2, 2000.

Extension of the Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of these reviews 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 Memorandum 
from John Brinkman, Acting Director, AD/CVD Enforcement Office VI, to 
Holly A. Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, Group II, dated March 31, 2000, 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 
publication of the preliminary results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: April 4, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
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