[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53166-53167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4863]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(C-533-821)


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon 
Steel Flat Products from India

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 7, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preeti Tolani or Tipten Troidl, 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-
0395 and (202) 482-1767, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background Information

    On January 31, 2005, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of

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initiation of the administrative review on the countervailing duty 
order of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from India, 
covering the period January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 4818 (January 31, 
2005). The preliminary results of this review are currently due no 
later than September 2, 2005.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
or finding for which a review is requested. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act further states that if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time period specified, the administering authority may 
extend the 245-day period to issue its preliminary results by up to 120 
days.
    We determine that completion of the preliminary results of this 
review within the 245-day period is not practicable for the following 
reason. On July 19, 2005, the Department issued a New Subsidy 
Allegation memorandum, where we initiated on one new program and agreed 
to examine two additional programs that the Department has investigated 
in other India CVD proceedings. See July 19, 2005, New Subsidy 
Allegation memorandum from the team to Melissa G. Skinner, Office 
Director (``New Subsidy Allegation Memorandum''). Conducting the 
analyses for each program would require the Department to gather and 
analyze a significant amount of information pertaining to these 
programs. The Department gave respondent parties 37 days to provide the 
requested information on these programs. The current due date is August 
25, 2005, with no extensions. Given the number and complexity of issues 
in this case, and in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 
we are extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results of 
review by 120 days. Therefore, the preliminary results are now due no 
later than December 31, 2005. However, December 31 falls on Saturday 
and January 2 is a federal holiday, and it is the Department's long-
standing practice to issue a determination the next business day when 
the statutory deadline falls on a weekend, federal holiday, or any 
other day when the Department is closed. See Notice of Clarification: 
Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative 
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 
70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). Accordingly, the deadline for completion of 
the preliminary results is January 3, 2006. The final results continue 
to be due 120 days after publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: August 31, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-4863 Filed 9-6-05; 8:45 am]
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