[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 208 (Thursday, October 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2898]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-423-809]


Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium; Extension of Time 
Limit for the Final Results of Sunset Review of Countervailing Duty 
Order

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of 
Sunset Review of Countervailing Duty Order: Stainless Steel Plate in 
Coils from Belgium.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for its final results in the sunset review of the 
countervailing duty order on stainless steel plate in coils (``SSPC'') 
Belgium. The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
sunset review on or about October 28, 2004.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 28, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hilary 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 Final Results of Reviews:

    In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``the Act''), the Department may extend the time for making 
a determination in a sunset review if the review is ``extraordinarily 
complicated.'' The Department may treat sunset reviews as 
extraordinarily complicated if the issues are complex, in accordance 
with section 751(c)(5)(C)(ii) of the Act. As discussed below, the 
Department has determined that this review is extraordinarily 
complicated and is therefore extending the deadline for issuing the 
final results.
    On April 1, 2004, the Department initiated a sunset review of the 
countervailing duty order on SSPC from Belgium. See Initiation of Five-
Year (Sunset) Reviews, 69 FR 17129 (April 1, 2004). The Department, in 
this proceeding, determined that it would conduct an expedited sunset 
review of this order based on inadequate responses to the notice of 
initiation from respondent interested parties. The Department's final 
results of this review were originally scheduled for July 30, 2004 and 
were extended on July 29, 2004 and on September 20, 2004. The 
Department, however, needs additional time to consider complex issues 
related to the appropriate countervailing duty rate likely to prevail 
if the order is revoked. Specifically, the Department is considering 
issues surrounding the allocation periods of certain programs. Thus, 
because of the complex issues in this proceeding , the Department will 
extend the deadline for issuance of the final results. The Department 
intents to issue the final results on or about October 28, 2004, in 
accordance with sections 751(c)(5)(B) and 751(c)(5)(C)(ii) of the Act.

    Dated: October 15, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-2898 Filed 10-27-04; 8:45 am]
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