[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 250 (Friday, December 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 78403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22417]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-560-821, C-570-907, C-580-857]


Coated Free Sheet Paper from Indonesia, the People's Republic of 
China and the Republic of Korea: Notice of Postponement of Preliminary 
Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein or Sean Carey 
(Indonesia), David Layton or David Neubacher (PRC), and Eric Greynolds 
or Darla Brown (Korea), AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-0371 and (202) 482-5823, (202) 482-1391 and (202) 482-3964, 
and (202) 482-6071 and (202) 482-2849, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 20, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the countervailing duty investigations of coated free sheet 
paper (CFS) from Indonesia, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and 
the Republic of Korea (Korea). See Notice of Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigations: Coated Free Sheet Paper From the 
People's Republic of China, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea, 71 FR 
68546 (November 27, 2006). Currently, the preliminary determinations 
are due no later than January 24, 2007.

Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determinations

    On December 19, 2006, NewPage Corporation (petitioner) submitted 
letters requesting that the Department postpone the preliminary 
determinations of the countervailing duty investigations of CFS from 
Indonesia, the PRC and Korea by 65 days. Under section 703(c)(1)(A) of 
the Act, the Department may extend the period for reaching a 
preliminary determination in a countervailing duty investigation until 
not later than the 130th day after the date on which the administering 
authority initiates an investigation if the petitioner makes a timely 
request for an extension of the period within which the determination 
must be made under subsection (b) (section 703(b) of the Act). 
Accordingly, we are extending the due date for the preliminary 
determinations by 65 days to no later than March 30, 2007.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act.

    Dated: December 22, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-22417 Filed 12-28-06; 8:45 am]
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