[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27538-27539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11702]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-602]


Brass Sheet and Strip from Germany: Extension of Time Limit for 
the Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave, NW 
Washington, DC 20230; (202) 482-5973.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 27, 2009, we published a notice initiating an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and 
strip from Germany covering one respondent, Wieland-Werke A.G. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 19042 (April 27, 
2009). The preliminary results of this review covering the period March 
1, 2008, through February 28, 2009, were published on April 13, 2010. 
See Brass Sheet and Strip From Germany: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 18801 (April 13, 2010). 
The final results of this administrative review were originally due no 
later than August 4, 2010. As explained in the memorandum from the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, the Department 
has exercised its discretion to toll deadlines for the duration of the 
closure of the Federal Government from February 5, through February 12, 
2010. Thus, all deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been 
extended by seven days. The revised deadline for the final results of 
this review is currently August 11, 2010. See Memorandum to the Record 
from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import Administration, regarding 
``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government 
Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,'' dated February 12, 2010. On 
April 30, 2010, the Petitioners\1\ requested that the deadline for the 
final results in this administrative review be extended by the full 60 
days authorized. The Petitioners commented that sales and cost 
verification reports have not been issued, and that interested parties 
will need time to submit briefs. The Petitioners also commented that 
the Department will need time to hold a possible hearing.
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    \1\ The Petitioners include GBC Metals, LLC of Global Brass and 
Copper, Inc., doing business as Olin Brass, Heyco Metals, Inc., 
Luvata Buffalo, Inc., PMX Industries, Inc., and Revere Copper 
Products, Inc.
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Extension of the Time Limit for the Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires that the Department 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 that time period, section

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751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the deadline 
for the final results to a maximum of 180 days after the date on which 
the preliminary results are published.
    In this proceeding, the Department agrees with the Petitioners that 
additional time is necessary to complete the final results of this 
administrative review. Because the Department had to reschedule its 
cost verification due to inclement weather, the Department intends to 
conduct its cost verification in July 2010. In order to ensure that 
interested parties have sufficient time to analyze and comment on the 
verification report, we determine it is not practicable to complete 
this administrative review within the original time limit. 
Consequently, the Department is extending the time limit for completion 
of the final results of this review by 60 days, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final results are now due October 
12, 2010, since the revised deadline falls on a Sunday and the 
following day is a federal holiday.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 11, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-11702 Filed 5-14-10; 8:45 am]
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