[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57267-57268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2370]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-825]


Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils From Italy; Extension of 
Preliminary and Final Results of Full Sunset Review of Countervailing 
Duty Order

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for the preliminary and final 
results of full sunset review of countervailing duty order: stainless 
steel sheet & strip in coils from Italy.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for its preliminary and final results in the full sunset 
review of the countervailing duty order on stainless steel sheet & 
strip in coils (``SSSS'')

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from Italy.\1\ The Department intends to issue preliminary results of 
this sunset review on or about October 20, 2004. In addition, the 
Department intends to issue its final results of this review on or 
about February 22, 2005 (120 days after the date of publication in the 
Federal Register of the preliminary results).
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    \1\ The Department normally will issue its preliminary results 
in a full sunset review not later than 110 days after the date of 
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of initiation. 
However, if the Secretary determines that a full sunset review is 
extraordinarily complicated under section 751(c)(5)(C) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (``the Act''), as amended, the Secretary may extend the 
period for issuing final results by not more than 90 days. See 
section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act.

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DATES: Effective September 24, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hilary E. Sadler, Esq., Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-4340.

Extension of Preliminary and Final Determinations

    In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(C)(ii) of the Act, the 
Department may treat sunset reviews as extraordinarily complicated if 
the issues are complex in order to extend the period of time under 
section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act for making a sunset determination. As 
discussed below, the Department has determined that these reviews are 
extraordinarily complicated. On June 1, 2004, the Department initiated 
a sunset review of the countervailing duty order on SSSS from Italy. 
See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 69 FR 30874 (June 1, 
2004). The Department, in this proceeding, determined that it would 
conduct a full (240-day) sunset review of this order based on responses 
from the domestic and respondent interested parties to the notice of 
initiation. The Department's preliminary results of this review were 
scheduled for September 20, 2004. However, several complicated issues 
have arisen regarding issues raised by the parties and the effect of 
the recent section 129 implementation of the order with respect to 
ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni, S.p.A. on this sunset review. See 
Notice of Implementation Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act: Countervailing Measures Concerning Certain Steel 
Products From the European Communities, 68 FR 64858 (November 17, 
2003).
    Because of the numerous, complex issues in this proceeding, the 
Department will extend the deadlines. Thus, the Department intends to 
issue the preliminary results on or about October 20, 2004, and the 
final results not later than February 22, 2005, in accordance with 
section 751(c)(5)(B) and (C)(ii) of the Act.

    Dated: September 20, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-2370 Filed 9-23-04; 8:45 am]
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