[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 106 (Thursday, June 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26846-26847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13062]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-552-805]


Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the 
Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 4, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Calvert or Jun Jack Zhao, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3586 and (202) 482-1396, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On April 20, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the countervailing duty investigation of polyethylene retail 
carrier bags from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. See Polyethylene 
Retail Carrier Bags from Vietnam: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigation and Request for Public Comment on the Application of the 
Countervailing Duty Law on Imports From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam, 74 FR 19064 (April 27, 2009). Currently, the preliminary 
determination is due no later than June 24, 2009.

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Postponement of Due Date for the Preliminary Determination

    Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination in a 
countervailing duty investigation within 65 days after the date on 
which the Department initiated the investigation. However, the 
Department may postpone making the preliminary determination until no 
later than 130 days after the date on which the administering authority 
initiated the investigation if, among other reasons, petitioner makes a 
timely request for an extension pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(A) of the 
Act. In the instant investigation, petitioner made such a request on 
May 22, 2009, requesting a postponement until 130 days from the 
initiation date. Therefore, pursuant to the discretion afforded the 
Department under 703(c)(1)(A), we are fully extending the due date for 
the preliminary determination. The deadline for the completion of the 
preliminary determination is now August 28, 2009.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act.

    Dated: May 28, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-13062 Filed 6-3-09; 8:45 am]
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