[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6473]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-806]


Silicon Metal from Brazil: Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maisha Cryor at (202) 482-5831 or Ron 
Trentham at (202) 482-6320, 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 September 6, 2000, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
Silicon Metal from Brazil, covering the period July 1, 1999 through 
June 30, 2000 (65 FR 53980). The preliminary results are currently due 
no later than April 1, 2001.

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 July 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: March 8, 2001.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group II.
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