[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 189 (Monday, September 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 56554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22884]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-423-809]


Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium: Extension of Time 
Limit for the Final Results of the Eighth Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Neubacher at (202) 482-5823 or 
Alicia Winston at (202) 482-1785; AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 6, 2008, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium, covering the period 
January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006. See Stainless Steel Plate 
in Coils From Belgium: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 73 FR 32303 (June 6, 2008). In the preliminary 
results we stated that we would issue our final results for the 
countervailing duty administrative review no later than 120 days after 
the date of publication of the preliminary results (i.e., October 4, 
2008).

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') to 
issue the final results of an administrative review within 120 days of 
the publication of the preliminary results. 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 this deadline to a maximum of 180 
days.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    The Department has determined that completion of the final results 
of this review within the original time period is not practicable 
because we received post-preliminary responses on September 8, 2008. In 
addition, we need to complete a post-preliminary analysis on the sales 
denominator and certain figures in Ugine and ALZ Belgium's financial 
statement and to allow adequate time for interested parties to file 
case and rebuttal briefs. Consequently, it is not practicable to 
complete this review within the originally anticipated time limit 
(i.e., by October 4, 2008). Therefore, the Department is extending the 
time limit for completion of the final results to not later than 
December 3, 2008, which is 180 days from the date of publication of the 
preliminary results, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 18, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-22884 Filed 9-26-08; 8:45 am]
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