[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 62 (Thursday, April 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 14959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7451]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-421-811]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands; Extension 
of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) finds that it is 
not practicable to complete the preliminary results of this review 
within the original time frame due to the need to complete a scheduled 
cost verification, report the procedures and results of the 
Department's sales verifications, and possibly request additional 
information from CP Kelco B.V. Accordingly, the Department is extending 
the time limit for completion of the preliminary results of this 
administrative review by 46 days, to May 18, 2009.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 2, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Edwards, Brian Davis, or 
Angelica Mendoza, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-8029, (202) 482-7924, or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

Background

    The Department published an antidumping duty order on purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from the Netherlands on July 11, 2005. See 
Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from 
Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and Sweden, 70 FR 39734 (July 11, 
2005). On July 11, 2008, the Department published a notice of 
``Opportunity to Request an Administrative Review'' of this antidumping 
duty order for the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 73 FR 
39948 (July 11, 2008). Also on July 11, 2008, CP Kelco B.V. and its 
U.S. affiliates (CP Kelco U.S., Inc. and J.M. Huber Corporation) timely 
requested that the Department initiate and conduct an administrative 
review for the period of review. On July 14, 2008, Aqualon Company, a 
division of Hercules Incorporated (petitioner), timely requested that 
the Department conduct an administrative review of sales of subject 
merchandise by Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals B.V. (Akzo Nobel) and CP 
Kelco B.V. covered by the order. On July 31, 2008, Akzo Nobel timely 
requested that the Department conduct an administrative review of its 
sales of merchandise covered by the order.
    In response to all three requests, the Department initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on purified CMC 
from the Netherlands on August 26, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 73 FR 50308 (August 26, 
2008).\1\ The current deadline for the preliminary results of this 
review is April 2, 2009.
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    \1\ On October 9, and October 10, 2008, respectively, Akzo Nobel 
and petitioner withdrew their requests for review of Akzo Nobel's 
sales of merchandise covered by the order. Therefore, the Department 
rescinded the review with respect to Akzo Nobel. See Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands: Partial Recession of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 66841.
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Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. However, 
if it is not practicable to complete the review within this time 
period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend 
the time limit for the preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a 
review is requested.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review within the original time frame due 
to the need to complete a scheduled cost verification, report the 
procedures and results of the Department's sales verifications, and 
possibly request additional information from CP Kelco B.V. Accordingly, 
the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results of this administrative review by 46 days to May 18, 
2009. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days after 
publication of the preliminary results.
    This extension is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: March 27, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-7451 Filed 4-1-09; 8:45 am]
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