[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 43714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12474]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-904


Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation: Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of 
China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 2, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Bertrand or Carrie Blozy, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3207 or (202) 482-5403, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On March 28, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated the antidumping duty investigation of certain activated 
carbon from the People's Republic of China. See Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty Investigation: Certain Activated Carbon From the 
People's Republic of China, 71 FR 16757 (April 4, 2006). The notice of 
initiation stated that the Department would make its preliminary 
determination for this antidumping duty investigation no later than 140 
days after the date of issuance of the initiation.
    On July 21, 2006, Calgon Carbon Corporation and NORIT Americas Inc. 
(``Petitioners'') made a timely request pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e) 
for a fifty-day postponement of the preliminary determination, until 
October 4, 2006. Petitioners requested postponement of the preliminary 
determination to allow the Department additional time in which to 
review the complex questionnaire responses and issue requests for 
clarification and additional information.
    For the reasons identified by the Petitioners, and because there 
are no compelling reasons to deny the request, the Department is 
postponing the preliminary determination under section 733(c)(1)(A) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), by fifty days to 
October 4, 2006. The deadline for the final determination will continue 
to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determination, unless 
extended.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: July 26, 2006.
David Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-12474 Filed 8-1-06; 8:45 am]
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