[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 232 (Friday, December 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-963]


Certain Potassium Phosphate Salts 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: Andrew Huston or Mark Hoadley, 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-
4261 and (202) 482-3148, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 14, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the countervailing duty investigation of certain sodium and 
potassium phosphate salts from the People's Republic of China. See 
Certain Sodium and Potassium Phosphate Salts From the People's Republic 
of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 74 FR 54778 
(October 23, 2009). Currently, the preliminary determination is due no 
later than December 18, 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, 
ICL Performance Products LP and Prayon, Inc., made a timely request on 
November 20, 2009, requesting that the Department postpone the 
preliminary countervailing duty determination. See 19 CFR 351.205(e) 
and the petitioners' November 20, 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 
for the preliminary determination to no later than 130 days after the 
date on which this investigation was initiated (i.e., to February 21, 
2010). However, February 21, 2010 falls on a Sunday, 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. E9-29003 Filed 12-3-09; 8:45 am]
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