[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39304-39305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18937]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-836]


Live Processed Blue Mussels From Canada: Extension of Time Limit 
for Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zev Primor or Paige Rivas at (202) 
482-4114 or (202) 482-0651, respectively; AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, 
Group II, Import Administration, Room 1870, 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 Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the 
Department's regulations are to the regulations at 19 CFR part 351 
(2001).

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of 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 petitioner makes a timely request for an 
extension of the period and additional time is necessary to make the 
preliminary determination, section 733(c)(1)(A) 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 April 2, 2001, the Department initiated an antidumping duty 
investigation of live processed blue mussels from Canada. See Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping Investigation: Live Processed Blue Mussels 
From Canada, 66 FR 18227 (April 6, 2001). The notice stated that the 
Department would issue its preliminary determination no later than 140 
days after the date of initiation. The preliminary determination 
currently is due no later than August 20, 2001.

Extension of Preliminary Determination

    On June 29, 2001, the Department received a request for 
postponement of the preliminary determination from Great Eastern 
Mussels Farms, Inc., (hereinafter, the petitioner), in accordance with 
section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e). There are no 
compelling reasons for the Department to deny the petitioner's request. 
Therefore, pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department 
is postponing the deadline for issuing this determination until October 
9, 2001.
    This notice of postponement is in accordance with section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f).

    Dated: July 19, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration
[FR Doc. 01-18937 Filed 7-27-01; 8:45 am]
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