[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 109 (Monday, June 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 31792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12805]


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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 Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 7, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla Brown, 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 February 5, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of 
administrative reviews of the countervailing duty (CVD) orders on low 
enriched uranium from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United 
Kingdom for the period May 14, 2001, through December 31, 2002 (see 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews: Low 
Enriched Uranium from Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, 
69 FR 5498 (February 5, 2004) and Preliminary Results of Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review: Low Enriched Uranium from France, 69 FR 
5502 (February 5, 2004)). The final results are currently due no later 
than June 4, 2004.

Extension of Time Limit for Final 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. 
Therefore, we require more time to properly analyze these issues. As a 
result, it is not practicable to complete the final results of these 
reviews within the original time limits. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limits for completion of the final results until no 
later than June 30, 2004. This date constitutes a 26-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: May 27, 2004.
Thomas F. Futtner,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-12805 Filed 6-4-04; 8:45 am]
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