[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29669-29670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14730]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-822]


Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers from the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 2007-
2008 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelly Atkinson or Brandon Farlander, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0116 
or (202)482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On November 24, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain helical spring lock 
washers from the People's Republic of China covering the period October 
1, 2007, through September 30, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 73 FR 70964 (November 24, 
2008). The preliminary results for this administrative review are 
currently due no later than July 3, 2009.

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 issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an antidumping duty order for which a review is 
requested and issue the final results within 120 days after the date on 
which the preliminary results are published. However, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend these deadlines 
to a maximum of 365 days and 180 days, respectively.
    Because the Department is analyzing the questionnaire response and 
will issue a supplemental questionnaire shortly, it is not practicable 
to complete the preliminary results of this review within the original 
time limit (i.e., July 3, 2009). Therefore, the Department is extending 
the time limit for completion of the preliminary results to no later 
than November 2, 2009,\1\ in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act.
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    \1\ 120 days from July 3, 2009, is October 31, 2009. However, 
Department practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a 
weekend, the appropriate deadline is the next business day. 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).
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    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 12, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-14730 Filed 6-22-09; 8:45 am]
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