[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44763-44764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18688]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-805]
Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico;
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maryanne Burke or Robert James, 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-
5604 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.
Background
On November 30, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
received a timely request from domestic interested parties Allied Tube
and Conduit Corporation and TMK-IPSCO to conduct an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-
alloy steel pipe from Mexico. We also received review requests on
November 30, 2009, from companies Tuberia Nacional, S.A. de C.V.'s
(TUNA), Mueller Comercial de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Mueller) and
Mueller's affiliated importer Southland Pipe Nipples Co., Inc. On
December 23, 2009, the Department published a notice of initiation of
this administrative review, covering the period of November 1, 2008 to
October 31, 2009. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 68229
(December 23, 2009). The current deadline for the preliminary results
of this review is August 9, 2010.\1\
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\1\ 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 which makes the revised deadline for these
preliminary results August 9, 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.
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Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary results of an
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. However,
if it is not practicable to complete the review within this time
period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend
the time limit for the preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a
review is requested.
The Department finds it is not practicable to complete the
preliminary results of this review within the original time frame
because we require additional time with respect to cost of production
data used in the margin calculation programs. In particular, there are
complex issues concerning Mueller's cost of production which involve
multiple unaffiliated companies. Accordingly, the Department is
extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results of
this administrative review until no later than December 7, 2010.\2\ We
intend to issue the final results no
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later than 120 days after publication of the preliminary results
notice.
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\2\ December 7, 2010 is 365 days from the last day of the
anniversary month and includes the Department's extension of all
deadlines by seven calendar days because of the February 2010
snowstorm.
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This extension is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: July 23, 2010.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-18688 Filed 7-28-10; 8:45 am]
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