[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-818, A-428-828, A-421-808, A-412-820]


Low Enriched Uranium From France, Germany, The Netherlands, and 
the United Kingdom: Notice of Extension of Preliminary Antidumping Duty 
Determinations

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of preliminary antidumping duty 
determinations.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 26, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Terpstra or Gabriel Adler at 
(202) 482-3965 and (202) 482-3813, respectively; Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to issue the 
preliminary determination of an antidumping duty investigation within 
140 days after the date of initiation. However, if the case is 
extraordinarily complicated and additional time is necessary to make 
the preliminary determination, and the parties concerned are 
cooperating in the investigation, section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary 
determination until not later than 190 days after the date of 
initiation.

Background

    On December 27, 2000, the Department initiated the above-referenced 
investigations. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations: Low Enriched Uranium From France, Germany, the 
Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, 66 FR 1080 (January 5, 2001). The 
preliminary determinations are currently due no later than May 16, 
2001.

Extension of Preliminary Determinations

    The Department determines that the parties concerned are 
cooperating, that these investigations are extraordinarily complicated, 
and that additional time is necessary to make the preliminary 
determinations. Therefore, we are postponing the deadline for issuing 
these determinations until July 5, 2001. See Decision Memorandum from 
Melissa Skinner to Holly A. Kuga, dated April 18, 2001, which is on 
file in the Central Records Unit, B-099 of the main Commerce Building. 
We intend to issue the final determinations no later than 75 days after 
the date of these preliminary determinations in accordance with section 
735(a)(1) of the Act.
    This extension is issued and published in accordance with section 
733(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2). Effective January 20, 2001, 
Bernard T. Carreau is fulfilling the duties of the Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration.

    Dated: April 19, 2001.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-10439 Filed 4-25-01; 8:45 am]
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