68126 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 14, 2000 / Notices

1The meaning of this term is the same as that

used by the American Society for Testing and

Materials in its Annual Book of ASTM Standards:

Volume 01.02 Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–508–605]

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review of Industrial Phosphoric Acid

From Israel

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limit for the final results of the

administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on industrial

phosphoric acid from Israel, covering

the period January 1, 1998 through

December 31, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 14, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sean Carey, 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)

482–3964.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’), the

Department may extend the deadline for

completion of an administrative review

if it determines that it is not practicable

to complete the review within the

statutory time limit of 120 days after the

date on which the notice of preliminary

results was published in the Federal

Register. 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 Barbara E. Tillman

to Joseph A. Spetrini (November 1,

2000). Therefore, pursuant to section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department

is extending the time limit for the final

results to no later than March 5, 2001,

which is 180 days after the publication

date in the Federal Register of the

notice of preliminary results for this

review. The preliminary results were

published in the Federal Register on

September 6, 2000 (65 FR 53984).

Dated: November 1, 2000.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–508–810]

Notice of Initiation of Countervailing

Duty Investigation: Pure Magnesium

From Israel

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 14, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marian Wells, Blanche Ziv, or Ryan

Langan, Office of CVD/AD Enforcement

I, Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Room 1870, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone

(202) 482–6309, (202) 482–4207, or

(202) 482–1279, respectively.

Initiation of Investigation

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the

Act’’) by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are to

the regulations codified at 19 CFR Part

351 (2000).

The Petition

On October 17, 2000, the Department

of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’)

received a petition filed in proper form

by the Magnesium Corporation of

America (‘‘Magcorp’’) and the United

Steel Workers of America, Local 8319.

On October 26, 2000, the petitioners

amended the petition to include the

United Steelworkers of America, Local

482, as co-petitioners. (Collectively,

these entities are hereinafter referred to

as ‘‘the petitioners.’’) The Department

received information supplementing the

petition throughout the initiation

period.

On November 3 and November 6,

2000, we received a submission from

producers of granular pure magnesium.

On November 6, 2000, petitioners filed

a response. The Department has taken

these submissions into consideration in

making the initiation determination.

In accordance with section 702(b)(1)

of the Act, the petitioners allege that

manufacturers, producers, or exporters

of the subject merchandise from Israel

receive countervailable subsidies within

the meaning of section 701 of the Act.

The petitioners state that they have

standing to file the petition because they

are interested parties, as defined under

sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act.

See Determination of Industry Support

for the Petition section below.

Scope of the Investigation

The scope of this investigation

includes imports of pure magnesium

products, regardless of chemistry, form,

or size, including, without limitation,

ingots, raspings, granules, turnings,

chips, powder, and briquettes.

Pure magnesium includes: (1)

Products that contain at least 99.95

percent primary magnesium, by weight

(generally referred to as ‘‘ultra-pure’’

magnesium); (2) products that contain

less than 99.95 percent but not less than

99.8 percent primary magnesium, by

weight (generally referred to as ‘‘pure’’

magnesium); and (3) products that

contain 50 percent or greater, but less

than 99.8 percent primary magnesium,

by weight, and that do not conform to

an ‘‘ASTM Specification for Magnesium

Alloy’’ 1 (generally referred to as ‘‘offspecification pure’’ magnesium).

The merchandise subject to this

investigation is classifiable under

8104.11.00, 8104.19.00, and 8104.30.00

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of

the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’). Although

the HTSUS subheading is provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the merchandise

under investigation is dispositive.

During our review of the petition, we

discussed the scope with the petitioners

to ensure that the scope in the petition

accurately reflects the product for which

the domestic industry is seeking relief.

Moreover, as discussed in the preamble

to the Department’s regulations

(Antidumping Duties; Countervailing

Duties; Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323

(May 19, 1997)), we are setting aside a

period for parties to raise issues

regarding product coverage. The

Department encourages all parties to

submit such comments within 20

calendar days of publication of this

notice. Comments should be addressed

to Import Administration’s Central

Records Unit at Room 1870, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20230. The period of

scope consultations is intended to

provide the Department with ample

opportunity to consider all comments

and consult with parties prior to the

issuance of the preliminary

determination.