[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20788-20789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10278]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-835]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From the Republic of 
Korea: Extension of Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tipten Troidl or Darla Brown, Office 
of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
202-482-1767 or 202-482-2849, respectively.

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

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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 these 
deadlines to a maximum of 365 days and 180 days, respectively.

Background

    On October 2, 2000, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on stainless 
steel sheet and strip from the Republic of Korea, covering the period 
November 17, 1998 through December 31, 1999 (see 65 FR 58733). The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than May 3, 2001.

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 limits for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than August 31, 2001. See Decision 
Memorandum from Melissa G. Skinner, Office Director for AD/CVD Office 
VI, to Holly A. Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, dated 
concurrently with this notice, which is on public file in the Central 
Records Unit, Room B-099 of the Department of Commerce. We intend to 
issue the final results no later than 120 days after the publication of 
the preliminary results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: April 18, 2001.
Thomas F. Futtner,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-10278 Filed 4-24-01; 8:45 am]
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