[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 185 (Friday, September 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 48904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23260]


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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 Ninth Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Montoro at (202) 482-0238 or 
Mary Kolberg 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 4, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``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, 2007, through December 31, 
2007. See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium: Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 26844 (June 
4, 2009) (``Preliminary Results''). 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 2, 2009).

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 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 issued an interim analysis of a research and development 
program administered by the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation 
by Science and Technology in Flanders on September 16, 2009, and need 
to allow adequate time for interested parties to file case and rebuttal 
briefs. See Preliminary Results, 74 FR at 26846. Consequently, it is 
not practicable to complete this review within the original 120-day 
time limit (i.e., by October 2, 2009). Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the final results to not 
later than November 2, 2009, which is 151 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, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-23260 Filed 9-24-09; 8:45 am]
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