[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 231 (Thursday, December 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63391-63392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28882]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-560-824]


Certain Coated Paper from Indonesia: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myrna Lobo or Justin Neuman, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2371 and (202) 482-0486, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 13, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the countervailing duty investigation of certain coated paper 
from Indonesia. See Certain Coated Paper from Indonesia: Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 74 FR 53707 (October 20, 2009). 
Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than December 
17, 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, among other reasons, the petitioner 
makes a timely request for an extension pursuant to section 
703(c)(1)(A) of the Act. In the instant investigation, the petitioners, 
Appleton Coated LLC, NewPage Corporation, S.D. Warren Company d/b/a 
Sappi Fine Paper North America, and the United Steel, Paper and 
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service 
Workers International Union, made a timely request on November 19, 
2009, requesting a postponement of the preliminary countervailing duty 
determination to 130 days from the initiation date. See 19 CFR 
351.205(e) and the petitioners' November 19, 2009, letter requesting 
postponement of the preliminary determination.

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    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 
for the preliminary determination to no later than 130 days after the 
date on which this investigation was initiated (i.e., to February 20, 
2010). However, February 20, 2010 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 the completion of the preliminary determination is now February 22, 
2010, the first business day after the 130th day from initiation.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(l).

    Dated: November 25, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-28882 Filed 12-2-09; 8:45 am]
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