[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 25813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6625]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-427-819]


Low Enriched Uranium from France: Extension of Time Limit for 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the 
Federal Register a countervailing duty (``CVD'') order on low enriched 
uranium from France on February 13, 2002. See Amended Final 
Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Low Enriched 
Uranium from France, 67 FR 6689 (February 13, 2002). On March 23, 2005, 
the Department initiated an administrative review of the CVD order for 
the period 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 
respondent in this administrative review is Eurodif S.A./Compagnie 
Generale Des Matieres Nucleaires. On February 15, 2006, the Department 
published in the Federal Register its preliminary results. See Notice 
of Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: 
Low Enriched Uranium from France, 71 FR 7924 (February 15, 2006). The 
final results are currently due no later than June 15, 2006.

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.
    Given the complexity of issues raised in the case briefs submitted 
by interested parties, 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 
fully extending the time limits for completion of the final results 
until August 14, 2006.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: April 26, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-6625 Filed 5-1-06; 8:45 am]
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