[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 174 (Thursday, September 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 54197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22995]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-601]


Brass Sheet and Strip From Canada: Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Amdur or Howard Smith at (202) 
482-5346 and (202) 482-5193, respectively, 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 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 limit 
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 February 28, 2000, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
brass sheet and strip from Canada, covering the period January 1, 1999 
through December 31, 1999 (65 FR 10466). The preliminary results are 
currently due no later than October 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 January 30, 2001. See Decision 
Memorandum from Thomas Futtner to Holly A. Kuga, dated concurrently 
with this notice, 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: August 31, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group II.
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