[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 2445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-544]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-602-806, A-570-919]


Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations:Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide from Australia and the 
People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 15, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla (Australia) or Eugene 
Degnan (the People's Republic of China), AD/CVD Operations, Office 5 or 
Office 8, respectively, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3477 or (202) 482-0414, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On September 17, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the antidumping duty investigations of electrolytic manganese 
dioxide from Australia and the People's Republic of China. See Notice 
of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Electrolytic 
Manganese Dioxide from Australia and the People's Republic of China, 72 
FR 52850 (September 17, 2007). The notice of initiation stated that the 
Department would issue its preliminary determinations for these 
investigations no later than 140 days after the date of issuance of the 
initiation, in accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act).
    On December 31, 2007, the petitioner, Tronox, LLC, made a timely 
request pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e) for a 50-day 
postponement of the preliminary determinations. The petitioner 
requested postponement of the preliminary determinations in order to 
allow the Department additional time to do a thorough investigation of 
the respondents in these investigations.
    For the reason identified by the petitioner and because there are 
no compelling reasons to deny the request, the Department is postponing 
the deadline for the preliminary determinations under section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act by 50 days to March 19, 2008. The deadline for 
the final determinations will continue to be 75 days after the date of 
the preliminary determinations, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: January 8, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-544 Filed 1-14-08; 8:45 am]
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