[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 54979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7796]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-502]


Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe from Turkey: Extension 
of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty New 
Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 20, 2006.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background Information

    On April 26, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated a new shipper review relating to the countervailing duty 
order on certain welded carbon steel standard pipe from Turkey, for the 
period January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005.\1\ On May 2, 2006, 
the Department published the notice of initiation in the Federal 
Register. See Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe from Turkey: 
Notice Initiation of Countervailing Duty New Shipper Review, 71 FR 
25814 (May 2, 2006). The respondents in this review are Toscelik Profil 
ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. and Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S. The preliminary 
results are currently due no later than October 23, 2006.
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    \1\ See Memorandum to the File concerning Request for CVD New 
Shipper Review: Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe from 
Turkey (April 26, 2006) (``Initiation Checklist''). A public version 
of the Initiation Checklist is available on the public record in the 
Department's Central Records Unit (room B-099).
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Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), requires the Department to make a preliminary 
determination within 180 days after the date on which the new shipper 
review was initiated. However, when the Department determines a case is 
extraordinarily complicated such that it cannot complete the review 
within this time period, section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(i)(2) allow the Department to extend the time limit for the 
preliminary determination from 180 days to 300 days.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    We determine that this case is extraordinarily complicated given 
the number of programs to be analyzed. Specifically, in this review, we 
are examining 13 different programs for the two respondents. Also, it 
is the Department's practice to normally conduct verifications for new 
shipper reviews. Therefore, in accordance with the statutory and 
regulatory authority cited above, we are extending the time period for 
issuing the preliminary results of this new shipper review to 300 days. 
As the new deadline falls on February 19, 2007, a federal holiday, the 
Department will issue the preliminary results on the next business day, 
February 20, 2007. The final results of this review continue to be due 
within 90 days after the date the preliminary results are issued.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214.

    Dated: September 14, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 06-7796 Filed 9-19-06; 8:45 am]
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