[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 76977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21988]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-580-825


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Administrative Review: Oil Country Tubular Goods, Other Than Drill 
Pipe, From Korea

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 22, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Lindsay, Nicholas Czajkowski, or 
Dara Iserson, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-0780, (202) 482-1395, or (202) 482-4052, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 28, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation for this antidumping duty 
administrative review. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 70 FR 56631 (September 28, 2005). On August 31, 2006, the 
Department published the preliminary results of this administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods 
(OCTG), other than drill pipe, from Korea. See Oil Country Tubular 
Goods, Other Than Drill Pipe, from Korea: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 51797 (August 31, 2006) 
(Preliminary Results). We received case briefs on October 2, 2006 and 
rebuttal briefs on October 10, 2006. On October 24, 2006, the 
Department decided to permit an additional rebuttal from each 
petitioner with respect to one issue. The Department received these 
rebuttal briefs from counsel representing IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., Lone 
Star Steel Company, and Maverick Tube Corporations on October 30, 2006, 
as well as from U.S. Steel Corporation on November 1, 2006.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    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 antidumping duty order for which a review is 
requested, and issue the final results within 120 days after the date 
on which the preliminary results are published. However, if the 
Department finds 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.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within current statutory limits. Due to the 
complexity of issues raised in the interested parties' case briefs, 
specifically regarding the treatment of inventory carrying costs and 
CEP profit, the Department requires additional time to evaluate these 
issues properly. Therefore, we are extending the deadline for the final 
results of this review by 60 days, from December 29, 2006 until no 
later than February 27, 2006, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1), 751(a)(3)(A), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 18, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-21988 Filed 12-21-06; 8:45 am]
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