Federal Register / Vol. 71, No.
246 / Friday, December 22, 2006 / Notices
Corporation, Nippon Steel Corporation,
NKK Tubes, and Sumitomo Metal
Industries, Ltd. (collectively, the
respondents). None of the respondents
requested a review. On July 27, 2006, in
accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department
published in the Federal Register the
initiation of an administrative review of
the antidumping order on seamless pipe
from Japan. See Notice of Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for
Revocation in Part, 71 FR 42626 (July
27, 2006). On August 1, 2006, the
Department issued its antidumping
questionnaire. In August 2006,
respondents submitted letters claiming
that they did not have sales of subject
merchandise during the period of
review. On November 28, 2006, the
petitioner withdrew its request for an
administrative review of seamless pipe
from Japan.
Rescission of Review
The Department’s regulations at
351.213(d)(1) provide that the
Department will rescind an
administrative review if the party that
requested the review withdraws its
request for a review within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. The
regulations further provide that the
Secretary ‘‘may extend this time limit if
the Secretary decides that it is
reasonable to do so.’’ Although the
petitioner’s November 28, 2006,
withdrawal request for this review was
not within the 90-day time limit as
prescribed in 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we
find that, under the circumstances of
this review, it is appropriate to accept
the withdrawal request and rescind the
review. In response to the Department’s
August 1, 2006, antidumping
questionnaire, the respondents have
claimed no shipments of subject
merchandise to the United States during
the period of review, and, therefore, the
Department has neither issued
supplemental questionnaires nor
conducted verification at this point in
the proceeding. Continuing the review
would only require the petitioner,
respondents, and the Department to
expend time and resources on a review
in which the only party that requested
the review is no longer interested.
Accordingly, the Department does not
believe the administrative review has
proceeded to a point at which it would
be ‘‘unreasonable’’ to rescind the
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review. The Department, therefore, finds
that it is reasonable to extend the 90-day
time limit and to rescind the
administrative review. The Department
will issue appropriate assessment
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instructions to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection after 15 days of publication
of this notice.
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return/
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19
CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: December 18, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Notice of Extension of Time Limit for
Final Results of Administrative
Review: Oil Country Tubular Goods,
Other Than Drill Pipe, From Korea
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 22, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Lindsay, Nicholas Czajkowski, or
Dara Iserson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 6, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–0780, (202) 482–1395, or (202) 482–
4052, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 28, 2005, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published a notice of
initiation for this antidumping duty
administrative review. See Notice of
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Request for Revocation in
Part, 70 FR 56631 (September 28, 2005).
On August 31, 2006, the Department
published the preliminary results of this
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on oil country
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tubular goods (OCTG), other than drill
pipe, from Korea. See Oil Country
Tubular Goods, Other Than Drill Pipe,
from Korea: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 71 FR 51797 (August 31, 2006)
(Preliminary Results). We received case
briefs on October 2, 2006 and rebuttal
briefs on October 10, 2006. On October
24, 2006, the Department decided to
permit an additional rebuttal from each
petitioner with respect to one issue. The
Department received these rebuttal
briefs from counsel representing IPSCO
Tubulars, Inc., Lone Star Steel
Company, and Maverick Tube
Corporations on October 30, 2006, as
well as from U.S. Steel Corporation on
November 1, 2006.
Extension of Time Limits for Final
Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
requires the Department to issue the
preliminary results of an administrative
review within 245 days after the last day
of the anniversary month of an
antidumping duty order for which a
review is requested, and issue the final
results within 120 days after the date on
which the preliminary results are
published. However, if the Department
finds it is not practicable to complete
the review within the time period,
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows
the Department to extend these
deadlines to a maximum of 365 days
and 180 days, respectively.
We determine that it is not practicable
to complete the final results of this
review within current statutory limits.
Due to the complexity of issues raised
in the interested parties’ case briefs,
specifically regarding the treatment of
inventory carrying costs and CEP profit,
the Department requires additional time
to evaluate these issues properly.
Therefore, we are extending the
deadline for the final results of this
review by 60 days, from December 29,
2006 until no later than February 27,
2006, in accordance with section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1), 751(a)(3)(A), and 777(i)(1) of
the Act.
Dated: December 18, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import
Administration.
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