[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 20312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8735]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-403-801, C-403-802]


Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon From Norway: Extension of Time 
Limits for Preliminary and Final Results of Full Third Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Sunset Reviews

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

DATES: Effective Date: April 12, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson for (CVD) at 202-482-
4793 and Eric Greynolds for (AD) at 202-482-6071, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

Background

    On January 3, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the third sunset reviews of the antidumping (AD) and 
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon 
from Norway, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 76 
FR 89 (January 3, 2011). Within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i), the Department received a notice of intent to 
participate, in both the AD and CVD sunset reviews, on behalf of 
Phoenix Salmon U.S., Inc. (Phoenix Salmon), a domestic interested 
party. Phoenix Salmon claimed interested party status under section 
771(9)(C) of the Act, as a producer of subject merchandise.
    The Department received timely substantive responses from Phoenix 
Salmon and the following respondent interested parties: the Government 
of Norway, Norwegian Seafood Federation (NSF), and the Aquaculture 
Division of the Norwegian Seafood Association (ADNSA). The domestic and 
respondent interested parties also submitted to the Department timely 
rebuttal comments.
    On April 6, 2011, after analyzing the submissions from the 
interested parties and finding that NSF and ADNSA have standing as 
foreign interested parties and that the substantive responses submitted 
by all of the interested parties are adequate, the Department 
determined to conduct full sunset reviews of the AD and CVD orders on 
fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon from Norway. See Memorandum to Gary 
Taverman, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, from Melissa Skinner, Director, 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, Office 3, regarding 
``Adequacy Determination: Third Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders on Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon From 
Norway,'' (April 6, 2011).

Extension of Time Limits

    In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department 
may extend the period of time for making its determination by not more 
than 90 days, if it determines that the review is extraordinarily 
complicated. We determine that the AD and CVD sunset reviews are 
extraordinarily complicated, pursuant to section 751(c)(5)(C) of the 
Act, because of a large number of complex issues in each review that 
the Department must analyze.
    The preliminary results of the full sunset reviews of the AD and 
CVD orders on fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon from Norway are 
scheduled for April 23, 2011, and the final results of these reviews 
are scheduled for August 31, 2011. The Department is extending the 
deadlines for both the preliminary and final results of the full sunset 
reviews.
    As a result, the Department intends to issue the preliminary 
results of the full sunset reviews of the AD and CVD orders on fresh 
and chilled Atlantic salmon from Norway on July 22, 2011, and the final 
results of the reviews on November 29, 2011. These dates are 90 days 
from the original scheduled dates of the preliminary and final results 
of these full sunset reviews.
    This notice is issued in accordance with sections 751(c)(5)(B) and 
(C)(v) of the Act.

    Dated: April 6, 2011.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-8735 Filed 4-11-11; 8:45 am]
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