[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 49567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4631]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar from India: Extension of Time Limit for the 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on stainless steel bar from India. The period of review is 
February 1, 2003, through January 31, 2004. This extension is made 
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Holland, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1279.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 7, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India covering the 
period February 1, 2003, through January 31, 2004. See Notice of 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 70 FR 10977 
(March 7, 2005). On June 1, 2005, the Department published in the 
Federal Register an extension of the time limit for the final results 
in the antidumping duty review to no later than August 25, 2005, in 
accordance with the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). See 
Stainless Steel Bar from India: Extension of Time Limit for the Final 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 31425 
(June 1, 2005).

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to issue 
the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an antidumping duty 
order for which a review is requested and issue the final results 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
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.
    On July 29, 2005, Carpenter Technology Corp., Crucible Specialty 
Metals Division of Crucible Materials Corp., Electralloy Corp., Slater 
Steels Corp., Empire Specialty Steel and the United Steelworkers of 
America (AFL-CIO/CLC) (collectively, the ``petitioners''), timely filed 
a case brief for the Department's final results of the administrative 
review. In order to allow sufficient time for the Department to analyze 
the complex arguments contained in the petitioners' case brief, we find 
that it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
originally anticipated time limit (i.e., by August 25, 2005). 
Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit for completion 
of the final results to no later than September 6, 2005, in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: August 18, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-4631 Filed 8-23-05; 8:45 am]
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