[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13729-13730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6347]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-809]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea: 
Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results and Rescission in Part of 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  March 23, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Montoro or Nancy Decker, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of

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Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-0238 and (202) 482-0196, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 8, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from the 
Republic of Korea, covering the period November 1, 2007 through October 
31, 2008. See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of 
Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of the Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 64670 (December 8, 2009) 
(``Preliminary Results''). The final results of this administrative 
review were originally due no later than April 7, 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 April 14, 
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.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``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 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.
    The Department has determined that it requires additional time to 
complete this review. Verification was conducted after the Preliminary 
Results and the Department needs to allow time for parties to brief the 
issues, provide rebuttal comments, and conduct a hearing, if requested. 
Moreover, the Department needs to consider all the issues raised, 
possibly including complex issues regarding cost methodology. Thus, it 
is not practicable to complete this review by April 14, 2010, and the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results by an additional 60 days to June 13, 2010, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. However, June 13, 2010, falls on a 
Sunday, and it is the Department's long-standing practice to issue a 
determination the next business day when the statutory deadline falls 
on a weekend, federal holiday, or any other day when the Department is 
closed. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business 
Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the 
Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). 
Accordingly, the deadline for completion of the final results is now no 
later than June 14, 2010.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: March 17, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-6347 Filed 3-22-10; 8:45 am]
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