[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 46814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4356]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-507-501]


Certain In-Shell Pistachios From the Islamic Republic of Iran: 
Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla Brown or Eric B. Greynolds, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2786.

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published a 
countervailing duty order on certain in-shell pistachios from the 
Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) on March 11, 1986. See Final 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty 
Order: In-shell Pistachios from Iran, 51 FR 8344. On April 28, 2004, 
the Department initiated an administrative review of the countervailing 
duty order on certain in-shell pistachios from Iran. See 69 FR 23170. 
The administrative review covers the period January 1, 2003, through 
December 31, 2003. The respondent in this administrative review is the 
Tehran Negah Nima Trading Company (Nima). On April 7, 2005, the 
Department published in the Federal Register its preliminary results. 
See Certain In-shell Pistachios from the Islamic Republic of Iran: 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 
17653 (Preliminary Results). The final results are currently due no 
later than August 5, 2005.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue final results in an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results were published. However, if it is not practicable 
to complete the final results of review within this time period, 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the 
time limit for the final results to a maximum of 180 days.
    In order to accommodate the scheduling of the public hearing, which 
was requested by petitioners \1\ on May 9, 2005, we find that it is not 
practicable for the Department to complete the final results of the 
administrative review within the 120-day statutory time frame. 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limits for completion 
of the final results until September 6, 2005.
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    \1\ Petitioners include the California Pistachios Commission 
(CPC) and its members and a domestic interested party, Cal Pure 
Pistachios, Inc (Cal Pure).
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    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: August 4, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-4356 Filed 8-10-05; 8:45 am]
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