Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 106 / Friday, June 1, 2001 / Notices 29773

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–834–806]

Postponement of Final Determination

for Antidumping Duty Investigation:

Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat

Products From Kazakhstan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for final determination in the

antidumping duty investigation of

certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat

products from Kazakhstan.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(‘‘Department’’) is extending the time

limit for the final determination in the

antidumping duty investigation of

certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat

products from Kazakhstan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Juanita H. Chen at 202–482–0409, or

Rick Johnson at 202–482–3818, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (‘‘Act’’), are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to 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 C.F.R. part

351 (2000).

Postponement of Final Determination

and Extension of Provisional Measures

On May 3, 2001, the affirmative

preliminary determination was

published for the investigation of

certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat

products from Kazakhstan. See Notice of

Preliminary Determination of Sales at

Less Than Fair Value: Certain HotRolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from

Kazakhstan, 66 FR 22168 (May 3, 2001).

Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Act

and section 351.210(b)(2)(ii) of the

Department’s regulations, on April 27,

2001, respondent OJSC Ispat Karmet

(‘‘Ispat Karmet’’) requested that the

Department extend the final

determination for the full sixty days as

permitted by the statute and regulations.

On May 1, 2001, Ispat Karmet submitted

a supplemental request that the

Department extend provisional

measures (i.e., suspension of

liquidation) from a four month period to

a period not to exceed six months,

pursuant to 19 C.F.R. 351.210(e)(2).

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides

that a final determination may be

postponed until not later than 135 days

after the date of the publication of the

preliminary determination if, in the

event of an affirmative 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 C.F.R. 351.210(e)(2),

require that requests by respondents for

postponement of a final determination

be accompanied by a request for

extension of provisional measures from

a four month period to not more than

six months.

In accordance with 19 C.F.R.

351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) our

preliminary determination is

affirmative, (2) the respondent

requesting a postponement accounts for

a significant proportion of exports of the

subject merchandise, and (3) no

compelling reasons for denial exist, we

are granting Ispat Karmet’s request and

are postponing the final determination

to September 15, 2001, which is not

later than 135 days after the 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 C.F.R.

351.210(g).

Dated: May 24, 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 0104011088–1108-01; I.D.

030601D ]

Endangered and Threatened Species;

Finding for a Petition to Revise Critical

Habitat for Northern Right Whales

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition

finding.

SUMMARY: The National Marine

Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the

receipt of a petition to revise critical

habitat for northern right whales,

Eubalaena glacialis and NMFS’ finding

that the petition presents substantial

scientific information indicating that

this action may be warranted.

DATES: NMFS is accepting comments on

the petition through August 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Data, information, or

comments concerning this petition

should be submitted to Donna Wieting,

Chief, Marine Mammal Division, Office

of Protected Resources, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910.

Comments will not be accepted if

submitted via e-mail or Internet. The

petition finding, supporting data, and

comments are available for public

inspection at the same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Brad Smith, NMFS, 222 West 7th

Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, 99517;

telephone (907) 271–5006; fax (907)

271–3030 or Mr. Michael Payne, NMFS;

telephone (907) 586–7235; fax (907)

586–7012.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On October 13, 2000, NMFS received

a petition dated October 4, 2000, from

the Center for Biological Diversity, P.O.

Box 40090, Berkeley, CA, 94704–4090.

The petitioner requests that NMFS

amend the present critical habitat

designation for northern right whales by

designating an area within the

southeastern Bering Sea as critical

habitat.

Section 4(b)(3)(D) of the ESA, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(D)(i)),

requires that NMFS make a finding on

whether a petition to revise a

designation of critical habitat presents

substantial scientific information to

demonstrate that the petitioned action

may be warranted. To the maximum

extent practicable, this finding is to be

made within 90 days of the receipt of

the petition, and the finding is to be

published promptly in the Federal

Register. If the finding is that

substantial scientific information is

presented, NMFS is required to

promptly begin a status review of the

species. Within 12 months of the date

the petition is received, NMFS must

make a determination on whether the

petitioned action is warranted and must

promptly publish this determination in

the Federal Register.

This petition, based in part, on recent

sightings of the North Pacific stock of

this species in the southeastern Bering

Sea, states that the vast majority of

threats to these animals occur in this