[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 190 (Monday, October 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57922-57923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16232]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(C-475-817)


Oil Country Tubular Goods from Italy: Extension of Time Limit for 
Final Results of Expedited Five-year (Sunset) Review of Countervailing 
Duty Order

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  October 2, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for its final results in the expedited sunset review of 
the countervailing duty (CVD) order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) 
from Italy. As a result of this extension, the Department intends to 
issue the final

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results of the sunset review no later than December 19, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jun Jack Zhao or Sean Carey, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1396 or (202) 
482-3964, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Extension of Final Results:

    On June 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published, in the Federal Register, the notice of initiation of the 
second five-year sunset review of the countervailing duty order on OCTG 
from Italy, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). See Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 71 
FR 31153 (June 1, 2006). On July 21, 2006, the Department determined 
that the substantive responses filed by the Government of Italy (GOI), 
the European Union/Delegation of the European Commission (EU) and 
Dalmine S.p.A. (Dalmine) were inadequate and that this sunset review 
would be conducted on an expedited basis. See July 21, 2006 memo from 
the sunset team to Stephen J. Claeys, through Barbara E. Tillman, 
Adequacy Determination: Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order 
on Oil Country Tubular Goods from Italy (Second Review). This 
memorandum is on file in the Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the 
main Commerce building. The Department's final results of this review 
were scheduled for September 29, 2006; however, the Department needs 
additional time to make its final determination.
    In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department 
may extend the period of time for making its final determination in a 
sunset review by not more than 90 days, if it determines that the 
review is extraordinarily complicated. The Department needs additional 
time to consider issues related to whether a countervailable subsidy is 
likely to continue or recur if the order is revoked. Specifically, the 
Department has determined that it is necessary to verify certain of the 
information provided by respondents in this review. Therefore, the 
Department will extend the deadline in this proceeding, and, as a 
result, intends to issue the final results of the sunset review of the 
countervailing duty order on OCTG from Italy, no later than December 
19, 2006, an additional 81 days from the date of initiation of this 
review.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(c)(5)(B) and (C) of the Act.

    Dated: September 26, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-16232 Filed 9-29-06; 8:45 am]
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