[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 39146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18811]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-839]


Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Determination in Countervailing Duty 
Investigation

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

ACTION: Notice of additional extension of time limit for preliminary 
determination in countervailing duty investigation.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit of the preliminary determination in the countervailing duty 
(CVD) investigation of certain softwood lumber products from Canada 
from July 27, 2001, until no later than August 9, 2001. This extension 
is made pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric B. Greynolds at (202) 482-6071, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations 
codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2000).

Extension of Due Date for Preliminary Determination

    On April 23, 2001, the Department initiated the CVD investigation 
of certain softwood lumber products from Canada. See Notice of 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation: Certain Softwood 
Lumber Products from Canada, 66 FR 21332 (April 30, 2001). On June 5, 
2001, the Department found that this investigation was extraordinarily 
complicated pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Act and extended 
the due date of the preliminary determination. See Certain Softwood 
Lumber Products From Canada: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Determination in Countervailing Duty Investigation, 66 FR 31617 (June 
12, 2001) (Extension Notice). In the Extension Notice, we stated that 
we were extending the due date only for an additional 30 days rather 
than the full 65 days (see section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Act). However, 
we have now determined to take an additional 13 days, as permitted 
under the statue, to issue this preliminary determination. Therefore, 
we are extending the due date for the preliminary determination to 
August 9, 2001. The bases for our decision to take an additional 13 
days are the same as set forth in the original extension notice (see 
Extension Notice) as well as our need to ensure that the complex and 
voluminous information submitted to the Department can be fully 
analyzed. Accordingly, we continue to find this investigation to be 
extraordinarily complicated and determine that additional time is 
necessary to issue the preliminary determination. Therefore, pursuant 
to section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we are postponing the preliminary 
determination in this investigation to no later than August 9, 2001.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act.

    Dated: July 23, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-18811 Filed 7-26-01; 8:45 am]
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