[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 34615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16453]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-001]


Potassium Permanganate From the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 29, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz or Howard Smith at (202) 
482-4474 or (202) 482-5193, respectively; AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, 
Group II, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. 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 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 
potassium permanganate from the People's Republic of China, covering 
the period January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999 (65 FR 10466). On 
February 27, 2001, the Department published in the Federal Register the 
preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on potassium permanganate from the People's Republic of China. 
See Potassium Permanganate From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 66 FR 
12461 (February 27, 2001).

Extension of Time Limit For Final Determination

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results until no later than August 26, 2001. See Decision Memorandum 
from Holly A. Kuga to Bernard T. Carreau, dated concurrently with this 
notice, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the 
main Commerce building.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: June 25, 2001.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-16453 Filed 6-28-01; 8:45 am]
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