[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20093-20094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10068]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-835]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from the Republic of 
Korea: Extension of Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tipten Troidl or Carrie Farley, Office 
of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: 202-482-1767 
or 202-482-0395, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an 
order/finding 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 the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 days and 180 
days, respectively.

Background

    On September 24, 2001, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
stainless steel sheet and strip from the Republic of Korea, covering 
the period January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000 (see 65 FR 49924). 
The preliminary results are currently due no later than May 3, 2002.

Extension of Preliminary Results of Review

    In this administrative review, we are analyzing whether a program-
wide change occurred with respect to one of the programs we found 
countervailable in the original investigation. This program-wide change 
involves an issue of change of ownership. Additional information, and 
possible verification of this information, is required. Due to these 
considerations, 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 limits for completion 
of the preliminary results until no later than September 3, 2002. We 
intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days after the 
publication of the preliminary results.This extension is in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: April 18, 2002
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-10068 Filed 4-23-02; 8:45 am]
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