[Federal Register: October 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 191)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[C-580-842]

 
Structural Steel Beams From the Republic of Korea; Postponement 
of Preliminary Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

ACTION: Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tipten Troidl at (202) 482-1767 and 
Eric B. Greynolds at (202) 482-6071, Office of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230.

POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION:  On July 27, 1999, the 
Department initiated the countervailing duty investigation of 
structural steel beams from the Republic of Korea. See Notice of 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation: Structural Steel Beams 
from the Republic of Korea, 64 FR 42088 (August 3, 1999). The 
preliminary determination currently must be issued by September 30, 
1999.
    On September 3, 1999 Northwestern Steel & Wire Company, Nucor-
Yamato Steel Company, and TXI-Chaparral Steel, Inc. (petitioners) made 
a timely request pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e) for a postponement of 
the preliminary determination in accordance with section 703(c)(1) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Petitioners requested a 
postponement because of the complicated nature of the case, to allow 
petitioners adequate time to analyze submitted responses, and to allow 
time for the Department to determine the extent to which particular 
subsidies are being used.
    For reasons identified by petitioners, we see no compelling reason 
not to postpone the preliminary determination. See Memorandum from 
Bernard Carreau to Robert S. LaRussa, dated September 15, 1999 (on file 
in the public file of the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the 
Department of Commerce). Therefore, we are postponing the preliminary 
determinations under section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act. We will make our 
preliminary determination in this investigation no later than December 
6, 1999.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to section 
703(c)(2) of the Act.

    Dated: September 24, 1999.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-25618 Filed 10-1-99; 8:45 am]
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