Federal Register: December 28, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 249)
DOCID: FR Doc 01-31907
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Fish and Wildlife Service
DOCUMENT ID: [A-307-820]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Postponement of final determination of antidumping duty investigation.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Silicomanganese From Venezuela: Notice of Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation
EFFECTIVE DATES: December 28, 2001.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of silicomanganese from Venezuela.
SUMMARY:
Incidental take permits—; Baldwin County, AL; beach mouse etc.,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Deborah Scott at (202) 482-2657 or Robert James at (202) 4820649, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
Applicable Statute and Regulations
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), are references to the provisions
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to
the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2000).
Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures
On November 9, 2001, the Department published the affirmative preliminary determination in the investigation of silicomanganese from Venezuela. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Silicomanganese From Venezuela, 66 FR 56,635. Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii) of the Department's regulations, on December 5, 2001, respondent Hornos Electricos de Venezuela, S.A. (Hevensa) requested the Department extend the deadline for the final determination for the full sixty days, as permitted by the statute and regulations. Hevensa also agreed to the extension of provisional measures (i.e., suspension of liquidation) from a fourmonth period to a period not to exceed six months, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2).
Section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act provides that a final determination may be postponed not later than 135 days after the date of publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by petitioner. The Department's regulations, at 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) require requests by respondents for postponement of a final determination be accompanied by a request for the extension of provisional measures from a fourmonth period to not more than six months.
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (i) our
preliminary determination is affirmative, (ii) the respondent
requesting postponement accounts for a significant proportion of the
exports of the subject merchandise, and (iii) no compelling reasons for
denial exist, we are granting Hevensa's request and are postponing the
final determination to no later than 135 days after publication of the
preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of
liquidation will be extended accordingly. This notice of postponement is published pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(g).
Dated: December 19, 2001.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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