[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 64250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26266]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-929]


Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the First 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 19, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Veith or Lindsey Novom, AD/CVD 
Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4295 or (202) 482-5256, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 30, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
small diameter graphite electrodes from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC'') for the period August 21, 2008, through January 31, 2010. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 75 FR 15679 (March 30, 
2010). The preliminary results of this review are currently due no 
later than October 31, 2010.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination in 
an administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and a 
final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. However, if it is not practicable to 
complete the review within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit for the 
preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days after the last day 
of the anniversary month.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit because the 
Department requires additional time to analyze the supplemental 
questionnaire responses, issue additional supplemental questionnaires 
if necessary, and evaluate the most appropriate surrogate values on the 
administrative record to use in this segment of the proceeding. 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the preliminary results by 120 days. An extension of 120 days from the 
current deadline of October 31, 2010, would result in a new deadline of 
February 28, 2011. The final results continue to be due 120 days after 
the publication of the preliminary results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 13, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-26266 Filed 10-18-10; 8:45 am]
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