[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 26338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8908]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(C-580-835)


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from the Republic of Korea: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 9, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preeti Tolani, 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) 482-0395.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 29, 2006, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of the administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on stainless steel sheet and 
strip in coils from the Republic of Korea covering the period of review 
January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 57465 
(September 29, 2006). The preliminary results are currently due no 
later than May 3, 2007.

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.
    Due to the complexity of the issues in this administrative review, 
we have determined that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review within the 245-day period. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we are 
extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results of the 
review by 120 days. The preliminary results are now due no later than 
August 31, 2007. The final results continue to be due 120 days after 
publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: May 2, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-8908 Filed 5-8-07; 8:45 am]
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