[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 65100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29362]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-822]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Mexico: Extension 
of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: December 9, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Edwards, Brian Davis, or 
Angelica Mendoza, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-8029, (202) 482-7924, or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On August 7, 2009, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils (S4 in coils) 
from Mexico for the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008. See 
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Mexico; Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Intent Not To 
Revoke Order in Part, 74 FR 39622 (August 7, 2009) (Preliminary 
Results). In the Preliminary Results, we invited parties to comment. In 
response to the Department's invitation to comment on the preliminary 
results of this review, Mexinox submitted a request for a public 
hearing and a case brief on September 4, 2009, and September 15, 2009, 
respectively. See Letter from Hogan & Hartson LLP (counsel for 
respondent) titled ``Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from 
Mexico--Request for Hearing,'' dated September 4, 2009; see also Case 
Brief from Hogan & Hartson, LLP titled ``Stainless Steel Sheet and 
Strip in Coils from Mexico--Case Brief,'' dated September 15, 2009. 
Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, AK Steel Corporation, and North American 
Stainless (collectively referred to as petitioners), submitted their 
rebuttal brief on September 24, 2009. See Letter from Kelley, Drye, & 
Warren, LLP (counsel for petitioner), titled ``Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip in Coils from Mexico--Petitioner's Rebuttal Brief,'' dated 
September 24, 2009. To accommodate respondent's request, a public 
hearing was held on October 2, 2009. See Transcript of ``In the Matter 
of: The Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Mexico,'' dated October 
9, 2009. The current deadline for the final results of this review is 
December 5, 2009.

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 complete the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. However, 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 the 120 day time period for the 
final results up to 180 days.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete this 
review within the original time frame because additional analysis must 
be performed with respect to several complex issues raised by the 
parties, such as Mexinox's cost of production, etc. Accordingly, the 
Department is extending fully the time limit for completion of the 
final results of this administrative review until no later than 
February 3, 2010, which is 180 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results of review were published.
    This extension is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: December 3, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-29362 Filed 12-8-09; 8:45 am]
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