[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 230 (Friday, November 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72449-72450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28317]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-851]


Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors From the Republic of 
Korea: Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of the Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: November 28, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler at (202) 482-0189 or 
David Neubacher at (202) 482-5823; 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:

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Background

    On August 13, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the notice of preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on dynamic random access memory 
semiconductors from the Republic of Korea, covering the period January 
1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. See Dynamic Random Access Memory 
Semiconductors from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 47131 (August 13, 
2008). On September 23, 2008, the petitioner, Micron Technology, Inc. 
(``Micron''), filed a case brief. On September 29, 2008, the 
respondent, Hynix Semiconductor Inc., filed a rebuttal brief.

Statutory Time Limits

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

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    In its case brief, Micron requested that the Department take 
further steps to address the alleged circumvention of the 
countervailing duty order. The Department needs additional time to 
consider Micron's request and to act on this request if warranted. As a 
result, it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
originally anticipated time limit (i.e., by December 11, 2008). 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the final results by 60 days to not later than February 9, 2009, 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) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 20, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. E8-28317 Filed 11-26-08; 8:45 am]
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