Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 124 / Wednesday, June 27, 2001 / Notices 34151

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–580–601]

Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel

Cooking Ware From Korea: Extension

of Time Limit for Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 27, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nova Daly or Paige Rivas at (202) 482–

0989 or (202) 482–0651, respectively;

AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Group

II, Import Administration, Room 1870,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

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

of 1930, as amended (the Act) requires

the Department of Commerce (the

Department) to make a final

determination within 120 days after the

date on which the preliminary

determination is published. However, if

it is not practicable to complete the

review within this time period, section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the

Department to extend the time limit for

the final results to 180 days (or 300 days

if the Department does not extend the

time limit for the preliminary results)

from the date of publication of the

preliminary results.

Background

On February 23, 2001, the Department

published in the Federal Register the

preliminary results of the 1999

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on top-of-thestove stainless steel cooking ware from

Korea. See Top-of-the-Stove Stainless

Steel Cooking Ware from Korea:

Preliminary Results and Rescission, in

Part, of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review 66 FR 11259

(February 23, 2001).

Extension of Time Limit For Final

Determination

We determine that it is not practicable

to complete the final results of this

review within the original time limit.

Therefore, the Department is extending

the time limit for completion of the final

results until no later than August 24,

2001. See Decision Memorandum from

Holly A. Kuga to Bernard T. Carreau,

dated concurrently with this notice,

which is on file in the Central Records

Unit, Room B–099 of the main

Commerce building.

This extension is in accordance with

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

Dated: June 19, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II for

Import Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–857]

Notice of Preliminary Determination of

Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Welded

Large Diameter Line Pipe From Japan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 27, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Drury or Helen Kramer at (202) 482–

0195 and (202) 482–0405, respectively;

AD/CVD, Enforcement, Office 8, Group

III, Import Administration, Room 7866,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

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 Department of

Commerce (the Department) regulations

refer to the regulations codified at 19

CFR part 351 (April 2000).

Preliminary Determination

We preliminarily determine that

certain welded large diameter line pipe

from Japan is being, or is likely to be,

sold in the United States at less than fair

value (LTFV), as provided in section

733 of the Act. The estimated margins

of sales at LTFV are shown in the

Suspension of Liquidation section of

this notice.

Case History

On January 10, 2001, the Department

received a petition on welded large

diameter line pipe from Japan and

Mexico in proper form by American

Steel Pipe Division of American Cast

Iron Pipe Company, Berg Steel Pipe

Corporation, and Stupp Corporation

(collectively ‘‘petitioners’’). The

Department received information from

the petitioners supplementing the

petition on January 22, January 24,

January 26, and January 29, 2001.

This investigation was initiated on

January 30, 2001. See Notice of

Initiation of Antidumping Duty

Investigations: Welded Large Diameter

Line Pipes from Mexico and Japan, 66

FR 11266 (February 23, 2001) (Initiation

Notice). Since the initiation of these

investigations, the following events

have occurred.

The Department set aside a period for

all interested parties to raise issues

regarding product coverage. See

Initiation Notice, 66 FR 11267. We

received comments regarding product

coverage in the Japan investigation from

Sumitomo Metal Industries on February

20, 2001 and February 23, 2001,

Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Nippon

Steel Corporation, NKK Corporation,

and Sumitomo Metal Industries on

February 20, 2001, and from petitioners

on April 9, 2001. For the concurrent

investigation of welded large diameter

line pipe from Mexico, respondent

Tubesa submitted comments on scope

which also affect both investigations.

In response to comments by interested

parties the Department has determined

that certain welded large diameter line

pipe products are excluded from the

scope of this investigation. These

excluded products are described below

in the section on the scope of the

investigation. See also Memorandum

from Richard Weible and Ed Yang to

Joseph Spetrini, Scope Issues for

Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe, June

19, 2001.

On February 26, 2001, the Department

issued a letter to interested parties in

the two concurrent antidumping

investigations, providing an opportunity

to comment on the Department’s

proposed model matching

characteristics and hierarchy.

Comments were submitted by the

petitioners, and respondents Nippon

Steel Corporation and Kawasaki Steel

Corporation. All comments were

received on March 8, 2001. Petitioners

agreed with the Department’s proposed

characteristics categories, but wished to

add more subcategories. Furthermore,

petitioners suggested that the

Department change its hierarchy of

characteristics. Nippon Steel

Corporation suggested that the

Department elevate ‘‘weld type’’ to the

top of the model match criteria

hierarchy. Kawasaki also suggested that

weld type be used as the first model

matching criterion. Also, Kawasaki

proposed that the Department change