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practicable to complete the review

within these time periods, section

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

Department to extend the time limit for

the preliminary determination to a

maximum of 365 days and for the final

determination to 180 days (or 300 days

if the Department does not extend the

time limit for the preliminary

determination) from the date of

publication of the preliminary

determination.

Background

On August 31,1999, Tubos de Acero

de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (‘‘TAMSA’’)

and Hylsa S.A. de C.V. (‘‘Hylsa’’)

requested that the Department conduct

an administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on oil country

tubular goods (‘‘OCTG’’) from Mexico.

The Department initiated this review on

September 24, 1999. See 64 FR 53318

(October 1, 1999). On September 12,

2000, the Department published the

preliminary results of the review in the

Federal Register (65 FR 54998). The

final results are due no later than

January 10, 2001.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary

Results of Review

We determine that it is not practicable

to complete the final results of this

review within the original time limits

mandated by section 751 (a)(3)(A) of the

Act. The Department is therefore

extending the time limit for completion

of the final results until no later than

March 12, 2001. See Decision

Memorandum from Richard Weible to

Joseph A. Spetrini, dated December 29,

2000, which is on file in the Central

Records Unit, Room B–099 of the main

Commerce building.

This extension of the time limit is in

accordance with section 751 (a)(3)(A) of

the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

Dated: December 29, 2000.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement

Group III.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–475–824]

Notice of Extension of the Time Limit

for Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review: Stainless

Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From

Italy

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carrie Blozy, AD/CVD Enforcement

Group III, Office 9, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–0165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act) are to the provisions

effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Act

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department of

Commerce’s (the Department’s)

regulations are to 19 CFR part 351

(2000).

Background

On October 30, 2000, the Department

published a notice of initiation of the

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on Stainless

Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Italy,

covering the period January 4, 1999

through June 30, 2000 (65 FR 64662).

The preliminary results are currently

due no later than April 2, 2001.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary

Results

Because of the complex issues

enumerated in the Memorandum from

Edward C. Yang to Joseph A. Spetrini,

Extension of Time Limit for the

Preliminary Results of Administrative

Review of Certain Stainless Steel Sheet

and Strip in Coils from Italy, dated

January 2, 2001, and on file in the

Central Records Unit (CRU) of the Main

Commerce Building, Room B–099, we

find that it is not practicable to

complete this review by the scheduled

deadline. Therefore, in accordance with

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

Department is extending the time period

for issuing the preliminary results of

review by 90 days (i.e., until July 2,

2001).

Dated: January 2, 2001.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of Rochester; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to

section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. Law 89–

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC.

Docket Number: 00–034. Applicant:

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

14623. Instrument: Scanning Nearfield

Optical Microscope. Manufacturer:

WITec, Germany. Intended Use: See

notice at 65 FR 65296, November 1,

2000.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) an atomic force microscope

with a metal probe operating in a

vertical displacement AC mode and (2)

simultaneous scanning atomic-force and

near-field-optical microscopy on

identical sample zones maintaining

sample registration with nanometer

accuracy. The National Institute of

Standards and Technology advised

December 21, 2000 that (1) these

capabilities are pertinent to the

applicant’s intended purpose and (2) it

knows of no domestic instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument for the

applicant’s intended use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Gerald A. Zerdy,

Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs

Staff.

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