[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 113 (Monday, June 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28220-28221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14037]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-944]


Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods 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: June 15, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Shuler or Nancy Decker, AD/CVD 
Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1293 and (202) 482-0196, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 5, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') 
initiated an investigation of certain oil country tubular goods from 
the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See Certain Oil Country 
Tubular Goods from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 74 FR 20678 (May 5, 2009). 
Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than July 2, 
2009.

Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determination

    Under section 703(c)(1)(B) 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 
no later than the 130th day after the date on which the administering 
authority initiates an investigation, if the administration determines 
that the parties are cooperating and the case is extraordinarily 
complicated. The Department finds that the instant case is 
extraordinarily complicated by reason of the number and complexity of 
the alleged countervailable subsidy practices, the need to determine 
the extent to which particular countervailable subsidies are used by 
individual manufacturers, producers, and exporters, and the number of 
firms whose activities must be investigated. Accordingly, we are fully 
extending the due date for the preliminary determination to no later 
than 130 days after the day on which the investigation was initiated 
(i.e., September 5, 2009). However, September 5, 2009, falls on a 
Saturday and it is the Department's long-standing practice to issue a 
determination the next business day when the statutory deadline falls 
on a weekend, federal holiday, or any other day when the Department is 
closed. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business 
Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the 
Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). 
Accordingly, the deadline for completion of the preliminary 
determination is now no later than September 8, 2009.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e).


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    Dated: June 8, 2009.
Carole Showers,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary For Policy and Negotiations.
[FR Doc. E9-14037 Filed 6-12-09; 8:45 am]
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