[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 60643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26797]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-427-819, C-428-829, C-421-809, C-412-821]


Low Enriched Uranium from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and 
the United Kingdom: Extension of Preliminary Results of Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of 
countervailing duty administrative reviews.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 23, 2003.

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

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department of Commerce (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 March 25, 2003, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative reviews of the countervailing duty orders on low 
enriched uranium from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United 
Kingdom, covering the period May 14, 2001, through December 31, 2002 
(see 68 FR 14394). The preliminary results are currently due no later 
than October 31, 2003.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Reviews

    We determine that these cases are extraordinarily complicated 
because there are a large number of complex issues which require 
thorough consideration and analysis by the Department, including 
numerous existing programs from the original investigation and changes 
to certain programs found countervailable in the investigation. In 
order to complete our analysis, we not only require additional 
information, but may also possibly conduct verification of this 
information. Therefore, we require more time to properly analyze these 
issues. As a result, it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of these reviews within the original time limits. Therefore, 
the Department is extending the time limits for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than January 29, 2004. This date 
constitutes a 90-day extension for the administrative reviews of low 
enriched uranium from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United 
Kingdom.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: October 17, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-26797 Filed 10-22-03; 8:45 am]
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