[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 198 (Friday, October 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60239-60240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24203]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-475-818)


Certain Pasta from Italy: Notice of Extension of Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 10, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric B. Greynolds, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4014, 14\th\ Street and Constitution 
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-6071.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 19, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published its notice of initiation of antidumping duty (AD) changed 
circumstances review (CCR). See Certain Pasta from Italy: Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 72 FR 
65010 (November 19, 2007). On February 22, 2008, the Department 
published its notice of preliminary results of AD CCR and intent to 
reinstate the AD order. See Certain Pasta from Italy: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review 
and Intent to Reinstate the Antidumping Duty Order, 73 FR 9769 
(February 22, 2008). On August 12, 2008, the Department extended the 
due date of the final results of the AD CCR until October 6, 2008. See 
Certain Pasta from Italy: Notice of Extension of Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 73 FR 46871 (August 12, 
2008). On September 17, 2008, Pasta Lensi S.r.L. (Lensi) and the 
American Italian Pasta Company (AIPC) requested to meet with officials 
from the Department regarding the AD CCR. That meeting is currently 
scheduled for October 8, 2008, after the current due date of the final 
results. On September 29, 2008, the Department placed on the record of 
the AD CCR press releases from the United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Missouri and the Securities and Exchange 
Administration (SEC) regarding the AIPC. See the Memorandum to the File 
from Eric B. Greynolds, Program Manager, ``Press Release from Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri and the 
Securities and Exchange Commission Regarding the American Italian Pasta 
Company'' (September 29, 2008), a public document on file in the 
Central Records Unit (CRU), room 1117 of the main Department building.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Under 19 CFR 351.216(e), the Department will issue the final 
results of a CCR within 270 days after the date on which the Department 
initiates the changed circumstances review. Currently, the final 
results of the AD CCR, which cover Lensi, a producer/exporter of pasta 
from Italy, and AIPC, Lensi's corporate parent and importer of subject 
merchandise produced by Lensi, are due by October 6, 2008. As explained 
above, the Department has placed certain information regarding Lensi on 
the record of the AD CCR. In addition, Lensi and AIPC have requested to 
meet with officials from the Department regarding the AD CCR. See 
Memorandum to the File from Eric B. Greynolds, Program Manager, 
``Request by Pasta Lensi S.r.L. for Meeting with Assistant Secretary'' 
(September 30, 2008), a public document on file in the

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CRU. In order to provide interested parties an opportunity to comment 
on the new information placed on the record by the Department, to 
consider any comments received, and to accommodate the request of Lensi 
and AIPC to meet with officials from the Department, we are extending 
the due date of the final results of the AD CCR by 60 days in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.302(b). Therefore, the final results of the 
AD CCR are now due no later than December 5, 2008.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(b) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: October 6, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-24203 Filed 10-9-08; 8:45 am]
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