[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33242-33243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14028]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-976]


Galvanized Steel Wire 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: David Lindgren or Nicholas Czajkowski, 
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-
3870 and (202) 482-1395, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 20, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the countervailing duty investigation of galvanized steel 
wire from the People's Republic of China. See Galvanized Steel Wire 
From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigation, 76 FR 23564 (April 27, 2011). Currently, the preliminary 
determination is due no later than June 24, 2011.

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, Davis Wire 
Corporation, Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc., Mid-South Wire Company, 
Inc., National Standard, LLC, and Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. 
(collectively, Petitioners), made a timely request on May 25, 2011, 
requesting a postponement of the preliminary countervailing duty 
determination to 130 days from the initiation date. See 19 CFR 
351.205(b)(2), 19 CFR 351.205(e) and the Petitioners' May 25, 2011, 
letter requesting postponement of the preliminary determination, which 
is

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available in the Central Records Unit, Room 7046 in the Department's 
main building.
    The Department finds no compelling reason to deny the request. 
Therefore, pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, 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 August 28, 2011. However, August 28, 2011, falls on a Sunday. 
It is the Department's long-standing practice to make a determination 
on 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 Department will make its preliminary determination on 
August 29, 2011, the first business day after August 28, 2011.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(l).

    Dated: May 31, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-14028 Filed 6-7-11; 8:45 am]
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