[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 148 (Thursday, August 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42399-42400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15017]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-821]


Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Products from India: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 2, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest or Robert Copyak, 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) 482-3338 
or (202) 482-2209, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 2, 2007, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of the administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon 
steel flat products from the India covering the period of review 
January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 5005 
(February 2, 2007). The preliminary results are currently due no later 
than September 4, 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 new subsidy allegations and the large number of companies 
and programs in this administrative review, we have determined that it 
is not

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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 to 365 days. The preliminary results 
are now due no later than December 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: July 27, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-15017 Filed 8-1-07; 8:45 am]
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