[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 210 (Monday, November 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63366-63367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2953]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-839]


Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Extension of Time 
Limit for the Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty New Shipper 
Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of 
countervailing duty new shipper review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4793.

Background

    On July 8, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated a new shipper review relating to the countervailing duty 
order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada, covering the 
period January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003. See Certain Softwood 
Lumber From Canada: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty New 
Shipper Review for the Period May 1, 2003, through April 30, 2004, and 
Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty New Shipper Review for the 
Period January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003, July 8, 2004 (69 FR 
41229).\1\ The

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respondent in this review is Seed Timber Co., Ltd. (Seed Timber). The 
current deadline for the preliminary results is December 27, 2004.
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    \1\ Seed Timber's antidumping new shipper review was 
subsequently rescinded as a result of the company's withdrawal of 
its request for a review (69 FR 54766, September 10, 2004).
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Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 180 days after the date on which the new shipper review was 
initiated. However, when the Department determines a case is 
extraordinarily complicated such that it cannot complete the review 
within this time period, section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 
section 351.214(i)(2) of the Department's regulations allow the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary determination 
from 180 days to 300 days.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that this case is extraordinarily complicated given 
the number of programs to be analyzed. Specifically, in this review, we 
are examining 12 different federal/provincial programs. As a 
consequence of the large number of programs being reviewed and the fact 
that Seed Timber is a pro se respondent, we have granted the company a 
number of extensions to respond to the Department's information 
requests. Thus, in accordance with the statutory and regulatory 
authority cited above, we are extending the deadline for issuing the 
preliminary results of this new shipper review by 120 days to no later 
than April 26, 2005. We plan to issue the final results within 90 days 
after the date the preliminary results are issued.

    Dated: October 26, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-2953 Filed 10-29-04; 8:45 am]
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