[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16856]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-601]


Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China; Notice of Extension of 
Time Limit for New Shipper Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 5, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarrod Goldfeder or S. Anthony Grasso, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0189 or (202) 482-3853, 
respectively.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results 
of a new shipper review within 180 days after the date on which the new 
shipper review was initiated and a final determination within 90 days 
after the date on which the preliminary results were issued. However, 
if the Department concludes that the case is extraordinarily 
complicated, section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act allows the Department 
to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 300 days and 150 days, 
respectively.

Background

    On January 24, 2001, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of new shipper antidumping duty reviews of TRBs from the 
PRC, covering the period June 1, 2000 through November 30, 2000 (66 FR 
8385) for Yantai Timken Company Limited and Peer Bearing Company--
Changshan (``CPZ''). On May 9, 2001, the Department expanded CPZ's 
period of review to January 31, 2001. The preliminary results for the 
new shipper reviews of TRBs from the PRC are currently due no later 
than July 23, 2001.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Due to the complexity of the issues, the Department concludes that 
these reviews are extraordinarily complicated. See Memorandum from Team 
to Richard W. Moreland, ``Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results,'' dated, June 27, 2001. Therefore, the Department is extending 
the time limit for completion of these preliminary results to not later 
than November 20, 2001, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 
the Act.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 
Act.

    June 28, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 01-16856 Filed 7-3-01; 8:45 am]
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