[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 197 (Thursday, October 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59719-59720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5604]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Partial 
Rescission: Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from India

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 13, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cordell or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0408 and (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published an 
antidumping duty order on certain forged stainless steel flanges from 
India on February 9, 1994. See Amended Final Determination and 
Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from 
India, 59 FR 5994 (February 9, 1994). On February 28, 2005, Echjay 
Forgings, Ltd. (Echjay), Hilton Forge India (Hilton Forge), Paramount 
Forge Ltd./Ganguly Associates (Paramount), and Viraj Forgings, Ltd. 
(Viraj), Indian producers of subject merchandise, requested that the 
Department conduct an

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administrative review. On March 23, 2005, the Department initiated this 
administrative review. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 
14643 (March 23, 2005).

Partial Rescission

    On April 18, 2005, respondents Viraj and Hilton Forge withdrew 
their requests for review. See Letter from Respondents to the 
Department dated April 18, 2005, which is on file in the Central 
Records Unit (CRU), room B-099, of the main Commerce Department 
building. The applicable regulation, 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), states that 
if a party who requested an administrative review withdraws the request 
within 90 days of the publication of the notice of initiation of the 
requested review, the Secretary will rescind the review. Viraj and 
Hilton Forge withdrew their requests within the 90-day deadline, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). No other party requested an 
administrative review of Viraj and Hilton Forge. Therefore, for Viraj 
and Hilton Forge, we are rescinding this review of the antidumping duty 
order on certain forged stainless steel flanges from India covering the 
period March 1, 2004, through February 28, 2005.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Tariff Act), the deadlines for preliminary and final 
results of this administrative review are October 31, 2005, and 
February 28, 2006, respectively. The Department, however, may extend 
the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a review if 
it determines it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results 
within the statutory time limit. See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2). In this case, the Department has 
determined it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
statutory time limit because of significant issues that require 
additional time to evaluate. These include potential affiliation issues 
and questions concerning the questionnaire responses that may require 
additional supplemental questionnaires. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results for 
Echjay and Paramount until February 28, 2006, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act. The deadline for the final 
results of this review will be 120 days after publication of the 
preliminary results in the Federal Register. See section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Tariff Act; 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A), 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: September 29, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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