[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 199 (Monday, October 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 60691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17129]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-412-822]


Stainless Steel Bar From the United Kingdom: Notice of Extension 
of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the 2005-2006 Administration 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Trainor or Kate Johnson, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4007 
or (202) 482-4929, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 28, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
bar from the United Kingdom, covering the period March 1, 2005, through 
February 28, 2006. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 25145 (April 28, 2006). The 
preliminary results for this administrative review are currently due no 
later than December 1, 2006.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and a 
final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete 
the review within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 
days and 180 days, respectively.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    The Department is in the process of collecting additional 
information and clarifications of submitted data from the respondent. 
Furthermore, we require additional time to conduct verifications. Thus, 
it is not practicable to complete this review within the original time 
limit (i.e., 245 days). Therefore, the Department is extending the time 
limit for completion of the preliminary results by 120 days, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The preliminary 
results are now due not later than March 30, 2007. The final results 
continue to be due 120 days after publication of the preliminary 
results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 6, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-17129 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am]
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