[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 223 (Friday, November 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 60237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27935]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-849]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results 
of Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 20, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demitri Kalogeropoulos, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2623.

Background

    On August 10, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from 
the People's Republic of China, covering the period November 1, 2007, 
through October 31, 2008. See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 
From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 39921 
(August 10, 2009) (``Preliminary Results''). The final results are 
currently due no later than December 8, 2009.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the Department shall issue the final results of 
an administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. 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 period to a maximum of 
180 days. Completion of the final results of this review within the 
120-day period is not practicable because the Department needs 
additional time to analyze and address complicated separate rate and 
affiliation issues for the final results. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, given the complexity of issues in this 
case, we are extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results by 60 days.
    An extension of 60 days from the current deadline of December 8, 
2009, would result in a new deadline of February 6, 2010. However, 
since February 6, 2010, falls on a Saturday, a non-business day, the 
final results will now be due no later than February 8, 2010, the next 
business day.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: November 16, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-27935 Filed 11-19-09; 8:45 am]
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