[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 199 (Monday, October 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 60284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5713]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-427-819, C-428-829, C-421-809, C-412-821]


Low Enriched Uranium from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and 
the United Kingdom: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 17, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson or Darla Brown, 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-
4793 or (202) 482-2849, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background Information

    On March 23, 2005, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of the administrative 
reviews of the countervailing duty orders on low enriched uranium from 
France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom covering the 
period of review January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 14643 (March 23, 
2005). The preliminary results are currently due no later than October 
31, 2005.

Extension of Time Limit for 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 these 
reviews within the 245-day period is not practicable for the following 
reasons. These reviews are extraordinarily complicated because of the 
complex nature of the more than adequate remuneration program in the 
review covering France and the request for revocation in the reviews 
covering Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Given the 
complexity of these issues, which need to be thoroughly analyzed by the 
Department, and in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we 
are extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results of 
reviews by 120 days. Therefore, the preliminary results are now due no 
later than February 28, 2006. The final results continue to be due 120 
days after publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 11, 2005.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-5713 Filed 10-14-05; 8:45 am]
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