[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 65091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27012]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-507-501]


Certain In-Shell Pistachios From the Islamic Republic of Iran: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit or preliminary results of 
countervailing duty administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 23, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric B. Greynolds or Darla Brown, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Office VI, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-2786.

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/finding for which a review is requested. 
However, if it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results 
of review within this time period, 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.

Background

    On April 17, 2002 the Department initiated an administrative review 
of the countervailing duty order on certain in-shell pistachios from 
the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran). See 67 FR 20089. The preliminary 
results are currently due no later than December 2, 2002.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    Upon further examination of the information submitted on the record 
of the administrative review, we have concluded that it is necessary to 
conduct a verification of the questionnaire responses. Because it is 
the Department's practice to verify administrative reviews prior to the 
issuance of preliminary results, we do not believe it is practicable to 
complete the preliminary results of the administrative review within 
the 245-day statutory time frame. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limits for completion of the preliminary results 
until April 1, 2003. See the Decision Memorandum from Melissa G. 
Skinner, Director, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, to Bernard T. 
Carreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, dated 
concurrent with this notice, which is on file in the Central Records 
Unit.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: October 17, 2002.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-27012 Filed 10-22-02; 8:45 am]
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