[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 51558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24213]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-955]


Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Czajkowski or Justin Neuman, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1395 and (202) 482-0486, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 18, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the countervailing duty investigation of certain magnesia 
carbon bricks from the People's Republic of China. See Certain Magnesia 
Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 74 FR 42858 (August 25, 2009). 
Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than October 
22, 2009.

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 the petitioner makes a timely request 
for an extension pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act. In the 
instant investigation, the petitioner made a timely request on 
September 25, 2009, requesting a postponement until 120 days from the 
initiation date. See 19 CFR 351.205(e) and the petitioner's September 
25, 2009 letter requesting postponement of the preliminary 
determination. Therefore, pursuant to the discretion afforded the 
Department under 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act and because the Department 
does not find any compelling reason to deny the request, we are 
extending the due date until 120 days after the Department's initiation 
for the preliminary determination. Therefore, the deadline for the 
completion of the preliminary determination is now December 16, 2009.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act.

    Dated: October 1, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-24213 Filed 10-6-09; 8:45 am]
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