[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 11674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6289]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-351-806)


Silicon Metal From Brazil: Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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DATES: March 15, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maisha Cryor at (202) 482- 5831 or 
Thomas Futtner at (202) 482-3814, Group II, Office 4, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 August 30, 2001, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Silicon Metal 
from Brazil, covering the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001 (66 
FR 43570). The preliminary results are currently due no later than 
April 1, 2002.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than July 31, 2002. See Decision 
Memorandum from Holly A. Kuga to Bernard Carreau, dated concurrently 
with this notice, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-
099 of the main Commerce building. We intend to issue the final results 
no later than 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results 
notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    March 7, 2002
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
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