Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products From the United Kingdom

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-412-811]

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review of Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon

Steel Products From the United Kingdom

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 26, 1999.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the

time limit for the preliminary results of the countervailing duty

administrative review of the countervailing order on certain hot-rolled

lead and bismuth carbon steel products from the United Kingdom,

covering the period January 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein or Jonathan Lyons,

AD/CVD Enforcement Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-

3208 or (202) 482-0374, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff

Act, as amended (the Act), the Department may extend the deadline for

completion of the preliminary results of an administrative review if it

determines that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary

results within the statutory time limit of 245 days after the last day

of the anniversary month for the relevant order. In the instant case,

the Department has determined that it is not practicable to complete

the review within the statutory time limit. See Memorandum from Joseph

A. Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa, ``Extension of Time for Preliminary

Results.'' Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the

Act, the Department is extending the time limit for the

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preliminary results to no later than March 30, 2000.

Dated: October 18, 1999.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement Group III.

[FR Doc. 99-27835 Filed 10-25-99; 8:45 am]

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