[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16783-16784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8412]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-829]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from India: Extension of 
Time Limit for Preliminary Determination in Countervailing Duty 
Investigation

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Determination 
in Countervailing Duty Investigation.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 2003.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit of the 
preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) 
investigation of prestressed concrete steel wire strand from India from 
April 28, 2003 to June 30, 2003. This extension is made pursuant to 
section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``the Act'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, Alicia Kinsey, or Jim 
Neel, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-
482-2209, (202) 482-4793 or 202-482-4161, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Extension of Due Date for Preliminary Determination

    On February 20, 2003, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated the CVD investigation of prestressed concrete 
steel wire strand from India. See Notice of Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 
Strand from India, 68 FR 9058 (February 27, 2003). Currently, the 
preliminary determination is due no later than April 28, 2003. However, 
pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we have determined that 
this investigation is ``extraordinarily complicated'' and are therefore 
extending the due date for the preliminary determinations by 63 days to 
no later than June 30, 2003.
    Under section 703(c)(1)(B), the Department can extend the period 
for reaching a preliminary determination until not later than the 130th 
day after the date on which the administering authority initiates an 
investigation if:
    (B) the administering authority concludes that the parties 
concerned are cooperating and determines that
     (i) the case is extraordinarily complicated by reason of
     (I) the number and complexity of the alleged countervailable 
subsidy practices;
     (II) the novelty of the issues presented;
     (III) the need to determine the extent to which particular 
countervailable subsidies are used by individual manufacturers, 
producers, and exporters; or
     (IV) the number of firms whose activities must be investigated; 
and
     (ii) additional time is necessary to make the preliminary 
determination.
    We find that thus far in this investigation all concerned parties 
are cooperating. Moreover, we find that this case is extraordinarily 
complicated because of the number of alleged programs, and the 
complexity of each program. Subsidy programs have been alleged against 
the federal government, as well as four state governments, for a total 
of twenty-two programs requiring analysis. As a consequence, we 
determine that additional time is necessary to complete the preliminary 
determination. Therefore, pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Act, 
we are postponing the preliminary determination in this investigation 
to no later than June 30, 2003.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act.


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    Dated: March 31, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-8412 Filed 4-4-03; 8:45 am]
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