[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 179 (Monday, September 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 52859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18256]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-913]


Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the People's 
Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the 
Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 17, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley, Toni Page, or Jack Zhao, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3148, (202) 482-1398 and (202) 482-1396, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 30, 2007, the Department of Commerce (Department) initiated 
the countervailing duty investigation of certain new pneumatic off-the-
road tires (OTR tires) from the People's Republic of China. See Certain 
New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 72 FR 44122 (August 7, 
2007). Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than 
October 3, 2007.

Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determination

    On August 23, 2007, Titan Tire Corporation and United Steel, Paper 
and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy Allied Industrial and 
Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC (collectively, 
petitioners), submitted a letter requesting that the Department 
postpone the preliminary determination of the countervailing duty 
investigation of OTR tires from the People's Republic of China by 65 
days. Under section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(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 section 703(b) of the Act. Pursuant to section 
351.205(e) of the Department's regulations, the petitioners' request 
for postponement of the preliminary determination was made 25 days or 
more before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination. 
Accordingly, we are extending the due date for the preliminary 
determination by 65 days to December 7, 2007.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act.

    Dated: September 11, 2007.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-18256 Filed 9-14-07; 8:45 am]
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