[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64669-64670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29243]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-959]


Certain Coated Paper Suitable for High-Quality Print Graphics 
Using Sheet-Fed Presses 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.

DATES: Effective Date: December 8, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Neubacher, Jennifer Meek or Mary 
Kolberg, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5823, (202) 482-2778 and (202) 482-1785 respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 13, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the 
``Department'') initiated a countervailing duty investigation of 
certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using 
sheet-fed presses (``certain coated paper'') from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC''). See Certain Coated Paper Suitable for High-Quality 
Print Graphics Using Sheet-Fed Presses from the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 74 FR 53703 
(October 20, 2009). Currently, the preliminary determination is due no 
later than December 17, 2009.

Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determination

    On November 19, 2009, the Department received a request from 
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 (collectively, ``Petitioners'') to postpone 
the preliminary determination of the countervailing duty investigation 
of certain coated paper from the PRC. Under section 703(c)(1)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department may extend 
the period for reaching a preliminary determination in a countervailing 
duty investigation until no later than the 130th day after the date on 
which the administering authority initiates an investigation if the 
petitioner makes a timely request. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.205(e), Petitioners' request for postponement of the preliminary 
determination was made 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the 
preliminary determination. Thus, we are fully extending the due date 
for the preliminary determination to no later than 130 days after the 
day on which the investigation was initiated (i.e., 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 completion of the preliminary determination is now no later than 
February 22, 2010.

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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e).

    Dated: November 25, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-29243 Filed 12-7-09; 8:45 am]
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