[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 155 (Monday, August 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46586-46587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18478]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-933


Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation: Frontseating Service Valves from the People's Republic 
of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene Degnan or Robert Bolling, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0414 or (202) 482-3434, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On April 8, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated an antidumping duty investigation on frontseating service 
valves from the People's Republic of China. See Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty Investigation: Frontseating Service Valves from the 
People's Republic of China, 73 FR 20250 (April 15, 2008).\1\ The notice 
of initiation stated that the Department would issue its preliminary 
determination 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''). The preliminary determination is 
currently due no later than August 26, 2008.
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    \1\ The Department issued the initiation notice on April 8, 
2008, and the initiation was published in the Federal Register on 
April 15, 2008.
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    On July 30, 2008, the petitioner, Parker-Hannifin Corporation, made 
a timely request, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e), for a 50-
day postponement of the preliminary determination. Because there are no 
compelling reasons to deny the request, in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department is postponing the deadline for 
the preliminary determination under by 50 days to no later than October 
15, 2008. 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 section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).


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    Dated: August 5, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-18478 Filed 8-8-08; 8:45 am]
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