[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 54408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21460]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-001]


Potassium Permanganate From the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 22, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff or Drew Jackson, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Office 4, Group II, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1009 or (202) 482-4406, respectively.

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 or 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 these time periods, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the 245-day 
time limit for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days 
and the time limit 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 February 26, 2002, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
potassium permanganate from the People's Republic of China, covering 
the period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001. See Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 67 FR 8780. The preliminary results are currently due no later 
than October 3, 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 because of the 
time needed to consider certain factual issues in the case. Therefore, 
the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than January 31, 2003. See Decision 
Memorandum from Holly A. Kuga to Bernard T. Carreau, dated concurrently 
with this notice, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-
099 of the Department's main 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.

    Dated: August 16, 2002.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 02-21460 Filed 8-21-02; 8:45 am]
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