[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 9869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4599]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-806]


Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: March 4, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Blackledge or Magd Zalok, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3518 and (202) 482-4162, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 29, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') 
published its notice of initiation of an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on silicon metal from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC''). See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Deferral of Administrative Review, 74 FR 
37690 (July 29, 2009). The period of review is June 1, 2008, through 
May 31, 2009.
    As explained in the memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration, the Department has exercised its discretion 
to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from February 5, through February 12, 2010. Thus, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by seven 
days. The revised deadline for the preliminary results of this review 
is now March 9, 2010. See Memorandum to the Record from Ronald 
Lorentzen, DAS for Import Administration, regarding ``Tolling of 
Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure During 
the Recent Snowstorm,'' dated February 12, 2010.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``Act''), the Department shall make a preliminary 
determination in an administrative review of an antidumping order 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date 
of publication of the order. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act further 
provides, however, that the Department may extend the 245-day period to 
365 days if it determines it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the foregoing time period. The Department has determined that it 
is not practicable to complete the instant administrative review within 
the original time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
because the Department needs additional time to analyze information 
pertaining to complex issues, including surrogate value information 
relating to certain raw material inputs. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is extending the time 
period for completing the preliminary results of the instant 
administrative review until July 7, 2010, which is 372 days after the 
last day of the anniversary month of the date of publication of the 
order (365 days plus an additional seven days (see the Tolling 
Memorandum discussed above)). The deadline for the final results of 
this review continues to be 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results.
    This extension notice is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: February 25, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-4599 Filed 3-3-10; 8:45 am]
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