[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 58713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29277]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-821, A-588-837]


Large Newspaper Printing Presses and Components From Germany and 
Japan: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary and Final Results of 
Five-Year Sunset Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary and final 
results of five-year (``sunset'') reviews; large newspaper printing 
presses and components from Germany and Japan.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for preliminary and final results in the full sunset 
review of the antidumping duty order on large newspaper printing 
presses and components (LNPPs) from Germany.\1\ In addition, we are 
aligning and extending the expedited sunset review on LNPPs from Japan 
with the full sunset review of the antidumping duty order on LNPPs from 
Germany in order to address an issue concerning domestic interested 
party response--an issue relevant in both proceedings.\2\ As a result, 
although not required under the statute or regulations, the Department 
intends to issue preliminary results on LNPPs from Japan along with the 
preliminary results on LNPPs from Germany not later than February 19, 
2002. In addition the Department intends to issue its final results in 
both reviews, not later than June 27, 2002.
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    \1\ The Department normally will issue its preliminary results 
in a full sunset review not later than 110 days after the date of 
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of initiation. 
However, if the Secretary determines that a full sunset review is 
extraordinarily complicated under section 751(c)(5)(C) of the Act, 
the Secretary may extend the period for issuing final results by not 
more than 90 days (see section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act).
    \2\ Section 751(c)(2)(B) of the Act provides that the Department 
``may issue'' a final determination in an expedited sunset review 
within 120 days after initiation. The Department has the discretion 
to determine whether it will conduct an expedited review within 120 
days.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha V. Douthit, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-5050.

Extension of Preliminary and Final Results

    On August 1, 2001, the Department initiated (66 FR 39731) sunset 
reviews of the antidumping duty orders on LNPPs from Germany and Japan. 
In the Germany review, the Department had determined that a full (240 
day) sunset review was warranted. The Department has now determined 
that it also is appropriate to take the maximum amount of time allowed 
under the statute to conduct the Japan sunset review. In the sunset 
review of the antidumping duty order on LNPPs from Japan, the 
Department had determined to conduct an expedited sunset review because 
no respondent interested party had filed a substantive response 
expressing interest in the order. Since that time, however, an issue 
has arisen in the German review, concerning the adequacy of the 
domestic interested party response that is relevant to the Japan case 
as well, i.e. the domestic interested party is the same in both cases. 
Therefore, we are aligning the deadlines to the sunset review on LNPPs 
from Japan, with the full sunset review on LNPPs from Germany.
    The Department also has determined to extend the 240 day deadline 
in both sunset reviews, because, as a result of the domestic interested 
party adequacy issue, we find they are extraordinarily complicated. We 
are therefore extending the period for issuing preliminary and final 
results by 90 days (see section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act). Thus, the 
Department intends to issue the preliminary and final results on LNPPs 
from Germany and Japan, not later than February 19, 2002 and June 27, 
2002, respectively, in accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act.

    Dated: November 16, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-29277 Filed 11-21-01; 8:45 am]
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